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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.