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Nutrition assessment of school-going children in the rural area of District Swabi, Pakistan Ullah, Shakir; Islam, Umair; Rahman, Iqbal Khan; Muhammad, Noor; Muhammad, Iqbal; Khan, Hamza; Khan, Abbas; Ali, Basit
International Journal on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources VOL 5, NO 2 (2024): IJ-FANRES
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v5i2.338

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Anemia and malnutrition are global health problem among all nutritional disorder with high morbidity and mortality in school aged children. Therefore the aims of the study assist the prevalence and risk factors of anemia, and malnutrition among school-going children of District Swabi Pakistan. A total of 600 school aged children of aged 4-15 years were included in the study in 2023. Hematocrit level was obtained using a centrifuge microhematocrit, and converted to hemoglobin using standard conversion. Nutritional status was determined by the anthropometric measurements, and demographic characteristics were obtained by questionnaire. Anemia and malnutrition were defined according to the World Health Organization standards. In current research work 600 children were selected for the assessment of nutritional status in which 105(17.5%) were found malnutrated. Moderate frequency of assessment were found among anemia 25(23.80%), stunting 22(21%) and underweight 18(17%) respectively. High frequency was found in malnutrition 40(38%) while very low frequency was seen in wasting 2(1.90%). Gender wise assessment of the students shows that the nutritional deficiencies were slightly high in male as compare to female students in comparison of Anemia, Malnutrition, Stunting, and Underweight and in wasting respectively. Aged group wised assessment of the students shows that the nutritional deficiencies were slightly high in low aged student (4-7 years) as compare to 8-11 years and 12-15 years in both gender. Among them Malnutrition were very high leading by Anemia while Underweight and wasting of very low frequency respectively.
Estimation of nutrition status of school going children in the local area District Kohat, Pakistan Ullah, Shakir; Saeed, Usman; Rahman, Muhannad Iqbal Khan; Ullah, Said; Islam, Umair; Gul, Muhammad Kashif; Khan, Yaseen; Bibi, Maryam; Ali, Basit
International Journal on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Vol 5, No 4 (2024): IJ-FANRES
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v5i4.397

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There are many determinants of malnutrition among school-going children. These include poverty, illiteracy and inadequate diet. To assess the nutritional status of primary and high school children in an urban area of Kohat. A cross-sectional study was performed in a primary and high school of Government sector in the rural area of Kohat. A total of 750 children between the ages of 4-15 years were studied. A total of 750 children between the ages of 4-15 were analyzed for this study. Out of 750 school-going students, 300(40%) were found positive, and 450(60%) were found normal according to age. Gender-wise analysis shows that in male students 105 were found positive for stunting and 75 male students were underweight. In overall female students, 69 were found stunting and 51 were found underweight. According to the age group between 4 to 10 years 45 female students were found stunting and 30 were found underweight. While in the age of 11 to 15 years 24 students were stunting and 21 students were underweight.  Gender wise prevalence of stunted and underweight showed more boys than girls. A lot more efforts are required in economic, educational, and media to improve the nutritional condition of the new generation of Kohat, Pakistan.
Nutritional Factors Associated With Tonsillitis Among the School-going Children of District Mardan Saeed, Usman; Rahman, Muhannad Iqbal Khan; Ullah, Said; Islam, Umair; Gul, Muhammad Kashif; Khan, Yaseen; Bibi, Maryam; Ali, Basit; Shahid, Ismail
International Journal on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Vol 6, No 1 (2025): IJ-FANRES
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v6i1.400

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The aims of the study are to explore Nutritional factors associated with tonsillitis among the school-going children of aged 4 to 15 years in the local area of District Mardan. Institutional based cross-sectional study design was used. In the current research work a total of 500 samples were isolated from school-going children. In which 150 (30%) were found positive for nutritional deficiency with Tonsillitis. The samples collected from male and females students of age 4-15 years. Among the all samples nutritional anemia was found more frequent 60(12%), leading by malnutrition 50(10%), moderate prevalence were shows by underweight 20(4%) and stunting 16(3.2%) prevalence rate. while very low frequency was shows by wasting 4(1.6%) while the prevalence of tonsillitis was 45(9%) respectively. Out of 500 children the number of male was slightly higher than females. Nutritional Anemia and malnutrition were observed in the study in the school-going children respectively. The prevalence of nutritional Anemia among the study population varied with age. Children of the 12–15 years group had a significantly high prevalence of nutritional Anemia compared with the lower age group. It is concluded that all the nutritional factors strongly correlated with tonsillitis infection.
Iron Deficiency Anemia among School Going Children of Rural Area of Mardan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ullah, Shakir; Amin, Amjad Ali; Khan Rahman, Muhammad Iqbal; Islam, Umair; Muhammad, Noor; Khan, Hamza; Ilyas, Muhammad; Saeed, Usman; Nawab, Abbas; Khalid, Shah
International Journal on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Vol 4, No 4 (2023): IJ-FANRes
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v4i4.241

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Iron is essential for normal human growth, including oxygen transport, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production, DNA synthesis, mitochondrial function, and protection of cells from oxidative damage. Iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent hematologic disorder in school-going children. Therefore the aims were the study to assess the prevalence of anemia among school-going children of rural areas of Mardan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A total of 300 samples were taken from those children of signs and symptoms of Iron deficiency Anemia cross-section survey. Thorough physical Examination, Lab investigations, and Clinical examination. The current research work shows that 1 of 3rd of the school-going children who had signs and symptoms of iron deficiency anemia were affected with iron deficiency Anemia at the ages of 4 to 7 years 40(40%), 7 to 10 years 35(35%) and 10 to 13 years 25(25%) respectively. severe anemia was rare at 10%, moderate anemia at 25% led by the mild type of anemia with a high percentage of 65% on the basis of Hb level. lower class families were more affected by iron deficiency anemia with 60%, children of middle class were less affected by anemia with 35% while children of upper class families were much less affected by anemia which may be due to the socioeconomic state of the family. Therefore it is recommended that iron supplementation and health and nutrition education programs should be strengthened.