Nutritional profile, food intake and cardio-metabolic indicators among primary schoolchildren of Lokossa, Benin

This study described nutritional (anthropometric and food intake) and cardiometabolic indictors schoolchildren living in Lokossa, Benin.This cross-sectional study used conglomerate probabilistic sample (n = 612) of primary schoolchildren (8-17 years) (12/2018-1/2019) and included anthropometrics indicators, regular food consumption of markers healthy/unhealthy eating, dietary diversity score, anemia, and blood pressure (BP). Cardio-metabolic indicators were measured in subsample (n = 165). Descriptive sex-stratified analyses were based on mean, standard deviation (continuous variables), prevalence, and 95% confidence interval (CI) (categorical variables). The global stunting prevalence was 25% and was higher in boys than girls (p

Anthropometry · Confidence interval · Consumption (sociology) · Dietary diversity · Food consumption · Food group · Food intake · Malnutrition · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Health and Epidemiology · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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