Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Food Science Technology

The present study aimed to assess the nutritional status of primary school pupils in tripoli city in Libya. This study included 554 children from fifteen primary public school. They were selected from different areas the pupils were randomly chosen, divided into 2 groups according to their ages (6-8) and (9-12) years old. Data were collected through personal interview with pupils and their mothers in their school using especial questionnaire sheet. The most important results could be summarized as follows: The majority of pupils' parents were married (96.2%). More than two thirds of families were nuclear (87.7%). The highest percentages of both fathers and mothers (51.4 and 55.4%, respectively) were graduated. The majority of pupils' fathers (61.4%) were employee while more than fifty percent of pupils' mothers were housewives (55.3%). The percentage of fathers who had higher income ({u2265}1000 LYD) was 18.2%, while the majority of pupils' mothers (44.9%) have no income. The majority of children (74.4%) were ranked between the first or third child. The highest percentage of studied pupils (63.5%) got daily expenses lower than 2 LYD. The majority of pupils spent 2 hrs weekly for practicing activities. About 37.7% of them practiced football while most of the surveyed pupils (85.6%) practiced sports at school. More than one third of the sample used to eat during watching TV or computer. The majority of them used to take snacks. The highest percentages of both groups (6-8) and (9-12) year's old monthly consumed liver and fish. The two studied groups showed highest percentages of weekly consumption of coscos, rice and macaroni. About 73.4% of group (1) consumed dates daily. The majority of group 2 9-12 years daily consumed oranges

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