EFFECT OF FAST FOOD CONSUMPTION ON NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTHY STATUS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL FEMALE-CHILDREN | ||||
| Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2015, Page 87-100 PDF (439.35 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jfds.2015.48533 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. A. Abd El-Ghany; F. M. El-zamzamy; Nagwa A. Ali | ||||
| Home Economics Dept., Faculty of Specific Education, Mansoura University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study aimed to investigate the effect of fast food consumption on the nutritional and healthy status ofprimary school female-children. The study was conducted on 57 of the female primary school children age ranged from 6 to 12 years, were classified into three groups,( 19 female each group) as follows the first group, which Low fast food intake and second group which Moderate fast food intake the third group, which High fast food intake The Information about food items was obtained by using food frequency method , 24 hour recall and calculate the average intake of food the anthropometric measurements were calculated by (Length, Weight, BMI, and Head, Chest, waist circumference) to assess nutritional status, as well as blood tests (hemoglobin level, calcium and some liver function and kidney) to assess the health status Results revealed that Food intake analysis of high fast foods intake of female children, groups recorded high content of cholesterol, fats, carbohydrates and sodium however it contained low content of most of vitamins and minerals the chocolate biscuits were the most preferred high sugar fast food group , followed by ice cream; however karate was the most preferred kinds of low sugar fast food group, followed by potatoes chips in each study groups It also resulted in the results of study to analysis the blood that there is significant decrease in the level of hemoglobin and calcium at p <0.05 for each study groups and also significant decrease in level of liver function. and creatinine at p <0.05 in the second group, which Moderate fast food intake It can be recommended that the need to limit the consumption of fast foods to female primary school children because of its negative effects on the nutritional and health status | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Fast Food- female-children –nutritional and healthy – Dietary assessment | ||||
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