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Nutritional status and sociodemographic characteristics of ‘urban poor’ school children in Onitsha, Southeast Nigeria

Author(s) -

CI Ndukwu,

Ifeoma Egbuonu,

TO Ulasi

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

nigerian journal of paediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0302-4660

DOI - 10.4314/njp.v41i3.4

Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , environmental health , slum , socioeconomic status , public health , urbanization , developing country , malnutrition , neglect , cross sectional study , pediatrics , population , pathology , economics , economic growth , nursing

Background: The ne- glect of the health and nutritional status of school aged children has adverse consequences on their long term cognition and survival. Sequel to emerging issues on ur- banization and the health of school children, this study fo- cused on the nutritional status and sociodemographic characteristics of 'urban poor' school children in Onitsha, a major city in South East Nigeria. Objectives: The study was aimed at determining the nutritional status and evaluating the effect of certain sociodemographic factors on the nutritional status of 'urban poor' public primary school chil- dren in Onitsha, South East Nige- ria

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