Background Malnutrition is a major public health problem because of the devastating
consequences it has on children, their families, and society at large. Our study, therefore …

Background Due to vulnerabilities resulting from disparities in socio-economic status (SES),
most nutrition and health interventions are targeted at children in public schools. This study …

Background Malnutrition is a major public health problem with short and long-term adverse
effects on children particularly in middle and low-income countries. Three out of every ten …

Background No information exists on the nutritional status of primary school children
residing in Makurdi, Nigeria. It is envisaged that the data could serve as baseline data for …

Background Childhood malnutrition still remains a major public health problem impacting
negatively on the academic aptitude of school-aged children (SAC) particularly in limited …

At-school lunch provision through the Ghana school-feeding programme (GSFP) is a child
survival, health promotion and food security intervention implemented in selected schools in …

Background: Underweight is a key indicator of malnutrition in children and results in long
term effects such as abnormalities in physical and mental health, behavioural problems, and …

Background Undernutrition among preschool children in Northern region is the highest in
Ghana. However, there is scarcity of data on the factors that determine undernutrition in …

Background: Although undernutrition in children is widely recognized as a major health
problem in Tanzania, region-specific prevalence data remain scarce. The objective of the …

Malnutrition continues to be a major problem among school-aged children in developing
countries. In Ghana, there is not much documented data on the nutritional status of this …