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 i...

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Main Authors: Zohre Kohansal (Author), Niloofar Motamed (Author), Saeid Najafpour Boushehri (Author), Maryam Ravanipour (Author)
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Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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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10.22038/ebcj.2019.36060.1928