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Relation between the Educational and Social Factors and the Nutrient Intake of Mothers and Children
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Abstract: It is clear that not enough nutrients intake leads to many food disease and healthy and nutritional problems that affect the human health and their mind efficiency and their productivity power. Because the absence of data and information concerning with the effect of socio-education factors on food consumption behavior, this study aims to recognize the effects of education status of both householder and mother, also the effect of family size, wife material status on macro nutrients (energy, protein) intake and some important micro nutrients intake (vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, zinc vitamin B6, vitamin B12) on the sensitive classes of mother and children 2-6 years (before school), to help decision makers to plan a good food policy tends to human safety and health. This study depends on the data of Egyptian food consumption survey which carried out by Food Technology Research Institute. This project takes a multi stage strata random sample distributed between urban and rural area.
This study on qualitative and quantitave analysis and obtained the averages of the macro and micro nutrients for mothers and children the study sample was divided according to householder and mother educational status to 6 classes ( no school, read and write, principal school, secondary school, above secondary school and graduate and post graduate). And to 3 classes according to family size [small size (1-3 capita), medium families (4-6 capita) and large families (>7 capita)]. The marital status of mothers were divided to married, widower, separate. Then followed the analysis of variance to test the different significant among averages at 0.05 significant level.
The results showed that, concerning with mothers, there are a major effect of householder educational status on mothers nutrients intake, where the highest levels of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, zinc, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and calcium intake in cases of householders were graduated and post graduated with significant differences than other classes. Also the mother educational status affected the intake of energy, protein, vitamin A, zinc, calcium, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, where the highest average intake of these nutrients obtained by mothers that graduated and post graduated with significant differences than other classes. The results indicated that, the family size had a major effect on nutrients intake, where in the small families the captia obtained the highest average of energy and other elements with significant differences than other classes. In addition the results also showed that, there was no relationship between the marital status of mothers and the nutrient intake.
Regarding to children, the results showed that the highest average intake of most nutrients were obtained with graduated and post graduated householder with significant differences than other classes. Also the mother's education status had a major effect on nutrients intake of most nutrients, where the highest average was for graduated and post graduated mothers with significant differences than others. Concerning with the family size the results indicated that the highest average of vitamin C, calcium and vitamin B12were obtained in small families with significant differences than other classes. And there was no relationship between the marital status of mothers and the nutrient intake of children.
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2009
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المؤتمر الدولي لجودة الأغذية (كوميبصل)
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Conference/Workshop
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