The Relationship between the Awareness and Performance of Parents Regarding Food Security with Anthropometric Indices among School-age Children in Bushehr, Iran, during 2017
Parents' awareness and performance plays a key role in food safety of the children. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parents’ awareness and performance regarding food security with anthropometric indices in school-age children from Bushehr, Iran, during 2017. Data in thi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Evidence-Based Care |
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| Online Access: | http://ebcj.mums.ac.ir/article_12182_c37175397fcd8579ddc10941f0fa7357.pdf |
| Summary: | Parents' awareness and performance plays a key role in food safety of the children. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parents’ awareness and performance regarding food security with anthropometric indices in school-age children from Bushehr, Iran, during 2017. Data in this descriptive-analytical study was collected from 402 parents using questionnaires on awareness and performance as well as an anthropometric indices. According to the results, 313 parents had a good level of Food security awareness. Cereal consumption was insufficient in 70.4% of the children. 37.4% of the children were overweight or severely obese. Parents awareness and their performance revealed no significant relationship with children height and weight indices (P |
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| ISSN: | 2008-2487 2008-370X |