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Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-6759.jpar-25-5496
Onwuka Chigozie DivineCorresponding author
Intestinal parasitic helminths pose a significant public health burden, particularly among children. This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasitic helminths among 550 school children aged 4-12 years in Oru-West L.G.A, Imo State, Nigeria. Stool sample…
Dec 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-24-5358
Sonali KarCorresponding author
Background Injuries, particularly unintentional ones, are a neglected public health concern and are preventable or avoidable. Children in urban slums are especially vulnerable due to hazardous living conditions, inadequate supervision, and lack of safe sojourns or play areas. Since these injuries re…
Feb 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-16-924
Nimmathota ArlappaCorresponding author
Objectives: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among the rural pre-school children in India is continues to be a major nutritional problem of public health significance, even after the implementation of national vitamin A prophylaxis programme for more than four decades. The aim of the study was to assess t…
Dec 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-15-818
Nimmathota ArlappaCorresponding author
Purpose: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is still a major nutritional problem of public health importance among the rural pre-school children in India, even after the implementation national vitamin A prophylaxis programme for prevention of nutritional blindness and ICDS have been in operation for more t…
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-615
Katherine ProchownikCorresponding author
Objective: To prevent childhood obesity, the Chilean government has recently implemented food regulation laws that apply to schools. This paper reviews the literature regarding the challenges in successfully integrating policies to regulate foods offered in schools. In addition, to understand some o…
Jan 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-534
Marie-Pierre St-OngeCorresponding author
Objective: Skipping breakfast has been associated with an increased risk of obesity. This randomized controlled pilot study tested whether emphasizing breakfast consumption, in conjunction with nutrition counseling, would improve weight status and dietary quality in children. Design and Methods: Twe…
Jun 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-25-5909
Samiran BisaiCorresponding author
The high prevalence of anemia among children and adolescents in India is still an overwhelming problem. Not only that, there is also a considerable deficiency of various micronutrients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, serum ferritin, Zinc and Folate etc. in children. These micronutrients h…
May 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-22-4149
Wossenseged LemmaCorresponding author
In Ethiopia stunting, underweight and wasting in school children are very common. The aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of intestinal helminthes and schistosomiasis on malnutrition, anaemia and haematological indices in the school age children of Azezo Elementary School in Gondar town.…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3610
Sujata Maiti ChoudhuryCorresponding author
Aim To assess the sanitation and hygienic practices of women and its effects on the nutritional status of the mother and preschool children of the Lodha tribal community in two districts of West Bengal. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted during November, 2014 - December, 2018 of 941 Lodha…
Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-904
Tara CoppingerCorresponding author
Background To date, no research has explicitly examined children’s knowledge and consumption of fluids at school, particularly during times of exercise (physical education (PE)). Methods Between May and July, 2018, 322 (213 females, 104 males; mean age = 8 years 5 months, SD ± 2 years 1 month) eleme…
Aug 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-16-1202
Robert V.J. BassoCorresponding author
Our objective was the early identification, assessment and treatment of aggression by primary school children four to eleven years old, with the goal of preventing school expulsion. The children were identified by teachers and other professionals for their aggressive behavior. Children were assessed…