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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doaj-8cc9dad95df14facaa7e97e344d2e6332020-11-24T22:10:39ZfasMashhad University of Medical SciencesJournal of Evidence-Based Care2008-24872008-370X2019-01-0184758010.22038/ebcj.2019.36060.192812182The Relationship between the Awareness and Performance of Parents Regarding Food Security with Anthropometric Indices among School-age Children in Bushehr, Iran, during 2017Zohre Kohansal0Niloofar Motamed1Saeid Najafpour Boushehri2Maryam Ravanipour3MSc Student in Nursing, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, IranAssociate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, IranAssistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Health and Nutrition, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, IranProfessor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, IranParents' 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 (Phttp://ebcj.mums.ac.ir/article_12182_c37175397fcd8579ddc10941f0fa7357.pdfAwarenessChildrenFood securityPerformance |
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Zohre Kohansal Niloofar Motamed Saeid Najafpour Boushehri Maryam Ravanipour The Relationship between the Awareness and Performance of Parents Regarding Food Security with Anthropometric Indices among School-age Children in Bushehr, Iran, during 2017 Journal of Evidence-Based Care Awareness Children Food security Performance |
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The Relationship between the Awareness and Performance of Parents Regarding Food Security with Anthropometric Indices among School-age Children in Bushehr, Iran, during 2017 |
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The Relationship between the Awareness and Performance of Parents Regarding Food Security with Anthropometric Indices among School-age Children in Bushehr, Iran, during 2017 |
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The Relationship between the Awareness and Performance of Parents Regarding Food Security with Anthropometric Indices among School-age Children in Bushehr, Iran, during 2017 |
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The Relationship between the Awareness and Performance of Parents Regarding Food Security with Anthropometric Indices among School-age Children in Bushehr, Iran, during 2017 |
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The Relationship between the Awareness and Performance of Parents Regarding Food Security with Anthropometric Indices among School-age Children in Bushehr, Iran, during 2017 |
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relationship between the awareness and performance of parents regarding food security with anthropometric indices among school-age children in bushehr, iran, during 2017 |
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences |
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Journal of Evidence-Based Care |
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2008-2487 2008-370X |
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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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Awareness Children Food security Performance |
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