The relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and body mass index-for-age of school-aged children in selected schools in Ghana

Background: Nutrition knowledge contributes significantly to the nutritional status and habits of individuals as it influences their food consumption. And body mass index (BMI) of individuals. Recent data suggests a relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitude, practices,...

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Autores principales:	Priscilla Cecilia Akpene Amenya, Reginald Adjetey Annan, Charles Apprey, Elvis Nutifafa Agbley
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Nutritional status Nutrition knowledge Physical activity knowledge Body mass index School-age children Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9d7f4144a04549bcab4ca8f0d691eea92021-12-02T05:02:30ZThe relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and body mass index-for-age of school-aged children in selected schools in Ghana2405-844010.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08298https://doaj.org/article/9d7f4144a04549bcab4ca8f0d691eea92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021024014https://doaj.org/toc/2405-8440Background: Nutrition knowledge contributes significantly to the nutritional status and habits of individuals as it influences their food consumption. And body mass index (BMI) of individuals. Recent data suggests a relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitude, practices, and anthropometric indices of Ghanaian children. Objective: To determine the relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and using BMI-for-age of school-aged children. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 591 school-aged children (8–13 years) chosen at random from schools in Ghana's Ho Municipality. Socio-demographic information was gathered. Data on nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitude, and practice were also collected using structured questionnaires. BMI was calculated after weight and height were measured. Results: Majority of the participants had poor knowledge on nutrition (46.6%) and physical activity (49.8%) even though more children in private schools (63.3%) had better (good and excellent) knowledge in nutrition than children from public schools (48.2%). Older children (11–13 years) had 'good' knowledge of physical activity (54.7%) as opposed to younger children. Males (59.5%) and children in private schools (66.3%) also had better overall scores in combined nutrition and physical activity knowledge than their female and public-school counterparts, respectively. Physical activity knowledge was significantly (p < 0.05) associated with the BMI-for-age categories. Nutrition knowledge (p < 0.05) and total nutrition and physical activity knowledge scores (p < 0.001) were weakly but positively associated with BMI-for-age. Conclusion: The results suggest that BMI-for-age of the participants was positively correlated to the nutrition knowledge and the total nutrition and physical activity knowledge (NutPA).Priscilla Cecilia Akpene AmenyaReginald Adjetey AnnanCharles AppreyElvis Nutifafa AgbleyElsevierarticleNutritional statusNutrition knowledgePhysical activity knowledgeBody mass indexSchool-age childrenScience (General)Q1-390Social sciences (General)H1-99ENHeliyon, Vol 7, Iss 11, Pp e08298- (2021)
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topic	Nutritional status Nutrition knowledge Physical activity knowledge Body mass index School-age children Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99
spellingShingle	Nutritional status Nutrition knowledge Physical activity knowledge Body mass index School-age children Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99 Priscilla Cecilia Akpene Amenya Reginald Adjetey Annan Charles Apprey Elvis Nutifafa Agbley The relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and body mass index-for-age of school-aged children in selected schools in Ghana
description	Background: Nutrition knowledge contributes significantly to the nutritional status and habits of individuals as it influences their food consumption. And body mass index (BMI) of individuals. Recent data suggests a relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitude, practices, and anthropometric indices of Ghanaian children. Objective: To determine the relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and using BMI-for-age of school-aged children. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 591 school-aged children (8–13 years) chosen at random from schools in Ghana's Ho Municipality. Socio-demographic information was gathered. Data on nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitude, and practice were also collected using structured questionnaires. BMI was calculated after weight and height were measured. Results: Majority of the participants had poor knowledge on nutrition (46.6%) and physical activity (49.8%) even though more children in private schools (63.3%) had better (good and excellent) knowledge in nutrition than children from public schools (48.2%). Older children (11–13 years) had 'good' knowledge of physical activity (54.7%) as opposed to younger children. Males (59.5%) and children in private schools (66.3%) also had better overall scores in combined nutrition and physical activity knowledge than their female and public-school counterparts, respectively. Physical activity knowledge was significantly (p < 0.05) associated with the BMI-for-age categories. Nutrition knowledge (p < 0.05) and total nutrition and physical activity knowledge scores (p < 0.001) were weakly but positively associated with BMI-for-age. Conclusion: The results suggest that BMI-for-age of the participants was positively correlated to the nutrition knowledge and the total nutrition and physical activity knowledge (NutPA).
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author	Priscilla Cecilia Akpene Amenya Reginald Adjetey Annan Charles Apprey Elvis Nutifafa Agbley
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title	The relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and body mass index-for-age of school-aged children in selected schools in Ghana
title_short	The relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and body mass index-for-age of school-aged children in selected schools in Ghana
title_full	The relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and body mass index-for-age of school-aged children in selected schools in Ghana
title_fullStr	The relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and body mass index-for-age of school-aged children in selected schools in Ghana
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The relationship between nutrition and physical activity knowledge and body mass index-for-age of school-aged children in selected schools in Ghana

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