Parent’s knowledge upon nutritional status of primary school children toward low-income households in Al-Hilla City, Iraq

Abstract

Background: Nutrition has a main impact on the health promotion of school-age children, it is crucial that the rising energy demands that come with this age are met daily with high nutritional value foods. School-age children get a well-balanced diet, an average of 2400 calories per day required to meet growth needs, as the child’s size grows, as well as the amount of food required Method: Descriptive design study was used and get the stated objectives the period of one month (from the first of January, 2020 to the first of February, 2020). Results: The data analysis was indicated that the largest percentage of gender is female (97%); all of them are in the fifth class and 32% of mothers and 31% of fathers are graduated from primary school, most of them from urban area 86%. Conclusion: All of the children were in the 5th class—most children with normal weight. Most children have breakfast daily. Most of the children have three meals daily. Most mothers choose easy to prepare food for her child. There is no a relationship between education of the mother and eating breakfast. However, there are a relationship between monthly income and eating fruits.