RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CATEGORIES OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FOOD & NUTRITION STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE

P. Aluyor, B. E. Uwameiye

Abstract


The study investigated the relationship between categories of nutritional status and academic performance of food and nutrition secondary school students in Edo State. To guide this study, two research questions and hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for this study comprised all the students in SS I in public secondary schools in Edo state. The researcher targeted three hundred and ninety-six (396) students in the study area using multistage sampling techniques. Three schools were randomly selected from urban and rural areas Edo south district each. Adopted Body Mass Index from World Health Organization (WHO), Body Mass Index (BMI) and related to percentile charts BMI was used to determine the nutritional status of the students. Achievement test were conducted and used to determine the degree of achievement in food and nutrition subjects by the students. The instruments were validated by experts. Pilot test was used to determine the reliability of the instrument, a coefficient 0.77 was obtained. Mean statistic was used to analyze the data collected. The findings revealed that the categories of nutritional status have different influence on academic performance of secondary school food and nutrition students. Based on the finding amongst others that parents should provide adequate food, both in quality and quantity for their household, taking large calories of fatty and carbohydrate foods should be discouraged.


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