PERCEIVED SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING NUTRITIONAL NEEDS 0F PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN (6-10 YEARS) IN ILESA EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE.

Authors

• Oluwaseyi Babajide FAGBEJA - oluwaseyi_fagbeja@unilesa.edu.ng
• Emmanuel Temitope FOLARIN - emmanuel_folarin@unilesa.edu.ng
• Khadijat Idowu Adekilekun TIJANI - khadijat_tijani@unilesa.edu.ng
• Prof. Olasunkanmi Adeoye ONIFA - onifadelasun@gmail.com

Abstract

The study examined the perceived socio-economic factors influencing nutritional needs of school age children in Ilesa East Local Government Area of Osun State. Descriptive research method was employed. The population for this study consists all primary schools in Ilesa East LGA. A total number of five hundred (500) respondents were used as sample though random sampling technique; self-developed close ended likert type of questionnaire was used to collect the data; the descriptive statistics of frequency percentage as well as chi (x2) inferential statistics were used to test the three hypotheses formulated at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The study concluded that poverty, family background and cultural practice were perceived as the factors influencing nutritional needs of primary school age children in lIesa East Local Government Area of Osun State. It was therefore recommended that parents should have detail knowledge of food and nutrition in order to meet up with the dietary requirement of their children. More also, communal belief that early consumption of food that are very rich in nutrient such as beef, chicken, eggs, salad prompt stealing in children should be discarded and parents should endeavour to feed their children with balanced diet inorder to prevent all sorts of nutritional problems.

Keywords

Socio-Economic, Nutritional Needs, School Age Children, Influencing

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