EVALUATION OF DIETARY PATTERN, ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MICRONUTRIENT STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JOS SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, PLATEAU STATE

📄 Project Abstract

Generally, malnutrition refers to both undernutrition and overnutrition (Blossner and De Onis, 2005). It is a state in which a deficiency or excess of energy, proteins, and other nutrients causes measurable adverse effects on body form and function, and clinical outcome. Although malnutrition refers to both under and over nutrition, it is often associated more to under-nutrition (Todorovic et al., 2003). Malnutrition has become an urgent global health issue, with undernutrition killing or disabling millions of children each year. Malnutrition also prevents millions more from reaching their full potentials. In children, severe malnutrition accounts for approximately 1 million deaths annually, with 20 million children under the age of five suffering from severe malnutrition (Ismail and Suffia, 2013). Malnutrition is therefore a health outcome as well as a risk factor for disease and malnutrition. Many factors can cause malnutrition, most of which relate to poor diet or severe and repeate...