THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION ON MENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN (A CASE STUDY OF ESAN WEST L.G.A IN EDO STATE)
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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
Over the years in Nigeria there has been questionings as regards the performance of students in most schools in Nigeria. In Esan West for instance, it has been found that the rate of assimilation of school aged children is very poor despite the availability of instructional materials. Some of the problems might be as a result of malnutrition or over nutrition and this might have significant effect on the mental development of the school aged children in Esan West local government area of Edo state. Secondly there have been several research on the nutrition, malnutrition but not even a single study have been carried out on the effect of malnutrition on mental development of school aged children in Esan West local government area of Edo State
1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
The main aim of the research work is to determine the effect of nutrition on mental development of school aged children. Other specific objectives of the study are:
- to determine the relationship between nutrition and the level of cognizance among school aged children in Esan West local government area
- to determine the extent to which family background affect the nutritional intake of school aged children in Esan West local government area
- to investigate on the factors affecting mental development among school aged children in Esan West local government area of Edo State
- to proffer solution to the above stated problems
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