Association between some socioeconomic characteristics, food habits and specific weekly food intake of Sudanese primary school pupils in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Other Title(s)
العلاقة بين بعض الخصائص الاجتماعية و الاقتصادية، و العادات الغذائية وأنواع الأغذية المتناولة أسبوعيا للتلاميذ و التلميذات السودانيين بالمدارس الابتدائية في مدينة الرياض، المملكة العربية السعودية
Joint Authors
Khayri, Hibah O.
Munir, Sadiq E.
Babakr, al-Fadil E.
Bashir, Sayf al-Din
Source
Journal of the Saudi Society for Food and Nutrition
Issue
Vol. 11, Issue 1-2 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.23-40, 18 p.
Publisher
King Sa'od University The Saudi Society for Food and Nutrition
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
This study was conducted to explore the relationship between some socioeconomic characteristics, food habits and specific weekly food intake of Sudanese primary school pupils living in Saudi Arabia.
Spearman correlation coefficient analysis was used to investigate the determinant factors of the respondents’ food habits and specific weekly food intake.
The study covered 400 primary school Sudanese pupils with age between 6 and 12 years (200 boys and 200 girls).
The results revealed that the distribution of the respondents according to their socio-economic characteristics, food habits and specific weekly food intake varieds between boys and girls.
The determinants of the girls’ food habits were paternal and maternal education while monthly income was the only factor for boys’ food habit.
The determinants of the girls’ specific weekly food intake were age, paternal and maternal education, income and mother work while those of the boys were age, family members, income and mother work.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khayri, Hibah O.& Munir, Sadiq E.& Babakr, al-Fadil E.& Bashir, Sayf al-Din. 2017. Association between some socioeconomic characteristics, food habits and specific weekly food intake of Sudanese primary school pupils in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal of the Saudi Society for Food and Nutrition،Vol. 11, no. 1-2, pp.23-40.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khayri, Hibah O.…[et al.]. Association between some socioeconomic characteristics, food habits and specific weekly food intake of Sudanese primary school pupils in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal of the Saudi Society for Food and Nutrition Vol. 11, no. 1-2 (Dec. 2017), pp.23-40.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Khayri, Hibah O.& Munir, Sadiq E.& Babakr, al-Fadil E.& Bashir, Sayf al-Din. Association between some socioeconomic characteristics, food habits and specific weekly food intake of Sudanese primary school pupils in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal of the Saudi Society for Food and Nutrition. 2017. Vol. 11, no. 1-2, pp.23-40.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-767374
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 36-39
Record ID
BIM-767374