Research Article
Open Access
Assessment of Nutritional Status of Queens College Students of Lagos State, Nigeria
Abstract
Malnutrition is a major public health and social problems among secondary school students in Nigeria. The study focuses on the assessment of nutritional status of 40 Queens College Students of Lagos State age 10-19 years. It was glaringly shown that most of the nutrients are lacking with inadequate energy intake especially among students of younger ages.
Keywords:
Anthropometric characteristics, boarding secondary school, dietary intake, malnutritionArticle Metrics
151
Abstract Views
118
File Views
0
Downloads
License
Copyright (c) 2009 Asian Network for Scientific Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Article Citation Metrics
How to Cite
Akinyemi, O., & Ibraheem, A. (2009). Assessment of Nutritional Status of Queens College Students of Lagos State, Nigeria. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 8(7), 937–939. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2009.937.939
