Strategies for reducing malnutrition amongst children Department: Physical and Health Education By: iamjahmeyou Project ID: 3392 Rating: (3.1) votes: 16Rate this project12345 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThe main purpose of this study is to find out strategies for reducing malnutrition amongst the children of Birnin Gwari, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Adequate nutrition and balanced diet are vital for good health and well-being. Food provides the body's needed energy, protein, essential fats, vitamins and minerals for life, growth and function properly-which reduces kwashiorkor and marasmus. The strategies for reducing malnutrition in children range from Health Education to mothers, preparing of balanced and adequate diet, dispatching of enough food for malnourished children e t c. Structured questionnaire based on the respondents' demographical data and variables on inadequacies of nutritious food and its effect on health in the study area were used to collect information from forty-five (45) respondents. Simple frequency and percentage were used to analyze the data. The result from the analysis revealed that malnutrition has seriously affected many children in Birnin Gwari, which is due to their lack of inadequate diet, the result shows that 95.5% do not prepare balance food due to poverty and lack of informed consent. It is therefore recommended that government and community members should intensify effort in providing enough nutritional food, house wife’s should also inculcate the habit of preparing the food base on balance and adequate diet and the health care personnel’s should health educate the public on good preparation and hygienic food preparation for proper growth and development....Preview Download Preview +Other Physical and Health Education project topics and materials you might be interested in»Assessing the causes of the prevalence of cholera amongst the inhabitants of Angwa Idah local government area, Kogi state»Strategies for reducing malnutrition amongst children»Role of health education in the prevention of indiscriminate solid waste disposal in Egah Idah Lga, Kogi state»Comparative study on the prevalence of malaria infection between 2015-2017 in General Hospital Okene, Lga, Kogi state»The benefit of health education on pregnant women attending care in Okene General Hospital local government of Kogi state»Impact of public pit latrine on the health of the people residing in Birnin Gwari Kaduna state»Causes and effects of substance abuse in College of Health Sciences and Technology Idah, local government area of Kogi state»Role of health education intervention on malaria prevention in Onyedega Community, Ibaji Lga, Kogi state»The influence of teacher-students relationship on physical and health education academic performance in junior secondary schools students