Nutrition
Frequency of eating per day
About 46.8 percent of the people could afford a three square meal per day at morning – afternoon – evening intervals. The average number of times children ate daily was 1.8. It is medically recommended to eat three times per day or whenever the body is hungry for food. This must be done with caution to give relief to the digestive system and the utilization of nutrients from the food taken. A medical fact is that the body needs nutritious food to undergo processes of growth and development and to meeting the challenges of body exercises and work. With the mean time of eating estimated at 1.8 times daily in the study locations, the healthiness of the population depends on the nutritious components of the food intake in vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates. Those who could afford twice meal per day engaged in child labour such as hawking of products
Types of foods intake
Child nutrition is a complex concept. Children need dozens of different vitamins, minerals, and other assorted nutrients each day, and those needs change as children grow. In fact, infant nutrition is quite different from child nutrition.
Nutrition guidelines recommended for adults are inappropriate for most children. This is because young children only have small tummies and so need plenty of calories and nutrients in a small amount of food to ensure they grow properly. While low-fat diets are recommended for older children and adults, under-fives need diets that contain good amounts of fat.
In this study, types of food intake were classified into different categories, carbohydrate, proteins and vitamins. Children were made to indicate the types / frequencies of specific food intake. Findings show that Yam remains the most staple food for the people in the study areas. Most inhabitants engage in yam cultivation in large quantities for consumption and commercial purposes. Over 88 percent took yam variety of foods daily. This is similar to the intake of rice, maize and cassava varieties food intake which recorded the highest percent of 37.5, 44.4 and 46.7 percent among the children. It can be inferred from findings that yam varieties intake had the highest percent of all food varieties intake among the people. Several reasons were adduced to this, included, availability, relatively cheap price, and the ability to grow them in at least consumable quantities at low costs. Findings further show that rice, maize and yams were taken in different varieties such as gaari, akpu, flour and fufu. The proteinous food intake was made of beans varieties. Beans was grown in subsistence quantities, among farmers. Some of these varieties include moinmoin, akara and beans cake. One-fifth of total sample (21.5 percent) took beans variety monthly between 1-10 times. The remaining 78.5 percent took food of beans varieties between 11-20 times monthly.
As food supplement, just a percent could afford tea with milk above 5 times monthly. Milk is a reliable source of multivitamins intake and normally taken in the morning before the days work. Maize is another source of carbonhydrate food intake. It is grown in large scale by most farmers not only for subsistence purposes but for market. A considerable proportion of those who engaged in farming earned their living from maize cultivation.
Major fruits in the research area include orange, cashew, carrot, mango and pineapple. Fruits are major source of vitamin supplements. Findings show that these fruits are common on seasonal basis and are largely grown in the Southern part of the research locations. The average number of times children took beans varieties, maize related foods and fruits were 7, 8, 10 times per month based on this survey. This indicates that daily, 0.2, 0.27, 0.3, proportion of sample food intakes were derived from proteins, vitamins and carbohydrate sources.
Cross Tabulation
In this sub-section, various socio-economic characteristics of the sample are correlated with their patterns of feeding to unearth the extent at which the influence or determine each other. The patterns of eating are classified into carbohydrate, and proteins and fruits. The criterion for carbohydrate intake was the consumption of yam, maize and cassava varieties of food while the intake of beans varieties of food was used for protein intake, fruits intake include cashew, mango, pawpaw and orange.
Age / food Intake
Carbohydrate
The data show that yam/yam related foods are among major foods for the people with an average intake of 22 times per month, 0.73 times per day. There is no significant relationship between age and yam intake. At a linear by linear Association value at 0.018, the Pearson chi-square test was found at 48.7, df (v) 15 and X2t = at 0.05 level of significance Yam is widely grown by indigenes. However, the higher the age, the higher the tendency for gaari intake and vice versa. This indicates that older children consume gaari more than the younger people. The general frequency of garri intake was higher than that of yam. The average number of garri intake per month was 34 per month indicating, 1.1 times per day. Maize related foods were consumed mostly by children between 8 - 14 years of age than those in other age cohorts.
Proteins Intake
The monthly average of the intake of proteins related foods was 15 times with the daily average of 0.5. This is lower than the daily/monthly average of cabonhydrate intake. There is no disparity between age and proteins intake, the monthly average spread across all age cohorts. While a little proportion of beans was grown in some study locations, some areas could not venture into the growth of beans because of the unfavorable climate and land composition.
Fruits Intake
The intake of fruits varieties varied directly with age. Older children have the tendency to take fruits more than the younger ones. Major fruits in the area are cashew, mango, orange, pineapple and banana. These fruits are grown in large quantities in the area. Research evidences have indicated that most of these fruits often waste in large quantities during season.
Frequency of eating per day
About 46.8 percent of the people could afford a three square meal per day at morning – afternoon – evening intervals. The average number of times children ate daily was 1.8. It is medically recommended to eat three times per day or whenever the body is hungry for food. This must be done with caution to give relief to the digestive system and the utilization of nutrients from the food taken. A medical fact is that the body needs nutritious food to undergo processes of growth and development and to meeting the challenges of body exercises and work. With the mean time of eating estimated at 1.8 times daily in the study locations, the healthiness of the population depends on the nutritious components of the food intake in vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates. Those who could afford twice meal per day engaged in child labour such as hawking of products
Types of foods intake
Child nutrition is a complex concept. Children need dozens of different vitamins, minerals, and other assorted nutrients each day, and those needs change as children grow. In fact, infant nutrition is quite different from child nutrition.
Nutrition guidelines recommended for adults are inappropriate for most children. This is because young children only have small tummies and so need plenty of calories and nutrients in a small amount of food to ensure they grow properly. While low-fat diets are recommended for older children and adults, under-fives need diets that contain good amounts of fat.
In this study, types of food intake were classified into different categories, carbohydrate, proteins and vitamins. Children were made to indicate the types / frequencies of specific food intake. Findings show that Yam remains the most staple food for the people in the study areas. Most inhabitants engage in yam cultivation in large quantities for consumption and commercial purposes. Over 88 percent took yam variety of foods daily. This is similar to the intake of rice, maize and cassava varieties food intake which recorded the highest percent of 37.5, 44.4 and 46.7 percent among the children. It can be inferred from findings that yam varieties intake had the highest percent of all food varieties intake among the people. Several reasons were adduced to this, included, availability, relatively cheap price, and the ability to grow them in at least consumable quantities at low costs. Findings further show that rice, maize and yams were taken in different varieties such as gaari, akpu, flour and fufu. The proteinous food intake was made of beans varieties. Beans was grown in subsistence quantities, among farmers. Some of these varieties include moinmoin, akara and beans cake. One-fifth of total sample (21.5 percent) took beans variety monthly between 1-10 times. The remaining 78.5 percent took food of beans varieties between 11-20 times monthly.
As food supplement, just a percent could afford tea with milk above 5 times monthly. Milk is a reliable source of multivitamins intake and normally taken in the morning before the days work. Maize is another source of carbonhydrate food intake. It is grown in large scale by most farmers not only for subsistence purposes but for market. A considerable proportion of those who engaged in farming earned their living from maize cultivation.
Major fruits in the research area include orange, cashew, carrot, mango and pineapple. Fruits are major source of vitamin supplements. Findings show that these fruits are common on seasonal basis and are largely grown in the Southern part of the research locations. The average number of times children took beans varieties, maize related foods and fruits were 7, 8, 10 times per month based on this survey. This indicates that daily, 0.2, 0.27, 0.3, proportion of sample food intakes were derived from proteins, vitamins and carbohydrate sources.
Cross Tabulation
In this sub-section, various socio-economic characteristics of the sample are correlated with their patterns of feeding to unearth the extent at which the influence or determine each other. The patterns of eating are classified into carbohydrate, and proteins and fruits. The criterion for carbohydrate intake was the consumption of yam, maize and cassava varieties of food while the intake of beans varieties of food was used for protein intake, fruits intake include cashew, mango, pawpaw and orange.
Age / food Intake
Carbohydrate
The data show that yam/yam related foods are among major foods for the people with an average intake of 22 times per month, 0.73 times per day. There is no significant relationship between age and yam intake. At a linear by linear Association value at 0.018, the Pearson chi-square test was found at 48.7, df (v) 15 and X2t = at 0.05 level of significance Yam is widely grown by indigenes. However, the higher the age, the higher the tendency for gaari intake and vice versa. This indicates that older children consume gaari more than the younger people. The general frequency of garri intake was higher than that of yam. The average number of garri intake per month was 34 per month indicating, 1.1 times per day. Maize related foods were consumed mostly by children between 8 - 14 years of age than those in other age cohorts.
Proteins Intake
The monthly average of the intake of proteins related foods was 15 times with the daily average of 0.5. This is lower than the daily/monthly average of cabonhydrate intake. There is no disparity between age and proteins intake, the monthly average spread across all age cohorts. While a little proportion of beans was grown in some study locations, some areas could not venture into the growth of beans because of the unfavorable climate and land composition.
Fruits Intake
The intake of fruits varieties varied directly with age. Older children have the tendency to take fruits more than the younger ones. Major fruits in the area are cashew, mango, orange, pineapple and banana. These fruits are grown in large quantities in the area. Research evidences have indicated that most of these fruits often waste in large quantities during season.
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