The primary purpose of this, research paper is to study the nutrition intake status of high school students and their physical growth and development. Further, it made an attempt to find and define nutritional problems and assist in their growth and development through proper nutritional management.
One hundred students in both sexes, first year grade in senior high school were provided with questionnaires. For six days the respondents filled out the questionnaires. They were asked to keep record of what they ate each meal. Their nutritional intake were analyzed in accordance with what they ate.
Findings, conducted on percentage, CR test, t test, and F test, were as follows:
1. For the living circumstance
a) Average numbers of brother and sister in sampled family were four.
b) Seventy to eighty percent of the students were brought up by mother´s milk at their infants and approximately 40% of students were weaned at the age of 7 to 18 months.
c) Fifty percent of the respondents revealed irregulity in their meal time.
d) Monthly average expenditure for daily food reached 20^-40% out of total income.
e) The most favorite foods reflect as follows: The most favorite main dish is boiled rice
and side dish beaf. Fruits. juice, milk, ice cream are more popular snack among whole
students.
2. Nutrition survey
a) Calory and nutrients were found to be below the recommended level, especially in calcium, vitamins A, Bs and C.
b) The total calory intake were composed of 73% from arbohydrate, 14% from protein and 13% from fat in the case. of boys. The girls were 65%, 14%, 21% respectively.
c) Both boys and girls in their animal protein intake averaged about 33,0 out of total protein intake.
d) Meat consumption of the majority respondents were proportionated in 10^-20% in their total food consumption.
3. The result of statistical analysis were as follows:
a) Statistical significant differences in the relationship between the calory intake ant physical growth index were observed at the level of p(0.05.
b) Statistical significant. differences in the relationship between the protein intake an, physical growth index were observed at the level of p(0.05.
C) Statistical significant differences in the-relationship between meal time - and physica growth index were observed at the level of 0.020(0.05.
d) No statistical significant differences in the relationship among calory, protein intake an, school records as well as intelligence were found.
The experiment indicated that there is a direct relationship between nutrition and the physic: growth and development, whereas There seems to be an indirect relationship between nutritio and intelligence.
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