تأثير المعرفة الغذائية والعادات الغذائية على الحالة التغذوية لدى الفتيات المراهقات

Effect of Nutritional Knowledge And Dietary Habits On Nutritional Status Among Adolescent Girl

Abstract

For healthy eating habits in adolescents and behavior to prevent health issues that may persist into adulthood. Use body Mass Index (BMI) percentiles is to determine nutrition status of adolescents to assess the nutritional knowledge and adolescent dietary in girls, Investigate the dietary and identify relationship between of nutritional status and their demographic data for adolescent girls.
A descriptive study was 400 the students are from middle and secondary schools in the Kerbala region, City, Iraq participated in a cross-sectional study, between September 26th, 2023, and may 27th, 2024, data were gathered. An instrument for self-reporting was used to collect data. The administered questionnaire collected data, about nutritional knowledge and dietary habits and nutritional status in the adolescent’s girls student. the mean age of the students was for female adolescent students is group of 16-19 years. That 61% of female adolescents have normal weight and 20.2% of female adolescents have underweight but 12% of them have overweight. The half of female adolescents having fair level of knowledge while healthy nutrition as reported among 65.5%.mother educational level, mother educational level, and family monthly income.
The eating habits and level of knowledge of adolescent’s girls do not effect of the nutritional status, and most of them have healthy eating habits, while about one fifth of them have unhealthy eating habits, and more than a third of them had an abnormal body mass. Which indicates the importance of involving them in healthy awareness programs about healthy nutrition and ways to maintain a normal level of body mass .