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Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study

Ahmed Abdulgadir Noureddin, Abubaker Emadeldin A. Koko, Mohammed A. Adam, Almegdad Sharafaldin M. Ahmed, Ahmed Abdallah A. Mahmoud, Mohammed Almojtaba Abdalhameed, Mohammed Elkhalifa, Anoud Omer.

Abstract
Khalawi are non-governmental, traditional educational boarding institutions, widely scattered in Sudan. Many Khalawi are resource-limited with deficient feeding and poor housing conditions, which could seriously affect the students’ health. A crosssectional study was conducted, involving all students of a Khalwa in Sharg Al-Neel Locality, Khartoum State. Demographic data were collected using a structured questionnaire with anthropometric measurements, along with laboratory and clinical assessments for anaemia. The dietary behaviours of students were also assessed using Global Schoolbased Health Survey. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS software. A total of 131 students were included in this study. Their mean age was 13.7 ± 2.7 years, nearly half of them were from Darfur State in western Sudan, and the majority of them are primary school students. Upon assessment, many displayed serious symptoms and signs of anaemia namely: conjunctival pallor, palmar pallor, fatigability, lightheadedness and palpitation. Based on their haemoglobin testing, 95% were anemic and 24% had severe anaemia. Although 63.6% of them had normal body mass index (4.5%), 11.4%, were found ‘severely thin’ and ‘thin’, respectively. Regarding their dietary habits, 46.8% of them consumed milk or milk products less than one time per day, while 20.6% did not consume milk products in the past 30 days. Moreover, 39.4%, 44.9% and 39.4% did not consume any vegetables, fruits or fruit juice, respectively, in the past month. Students of Khalwa displayed poor dietary habits, which resulted in nutritional deficiencies. Programmes must be directed towards improving the quality of diet provided at these schools.

Key words: Nutrition; Khalwa; School health; Anaemia.


 
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Noureddin AA, Koko AEA, Adam MA, Ahmed ASM, Mahmoud AAA, Abdalhameed MA, Elkhalifa M, Omer A. Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study. Sudan J Paed. 2023; 23(1): 82-87. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163

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Noureddin AA, Koko AEA, Adam MA, Ahmed ASM, Mahmoud AAA, Abdalhameed MA, Elkhalifa M, Omer A. Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study. https://www.sudanjp.com/?mno=50516 [Access: September 07, 2023]. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163

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Noureddin AA, Koko AEA, Adam MA, Ahmed ASM, Mahmoud AAA, Abdalhameed MA, Elkhalifa M, Omer A. Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study. Sudan J Paed. 2023; 23(1): 82-87. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163


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Noureddin AA, Koko AEA, Adam MA, Ahmed ASM, Mahmoud AAA, Abdalhameed MA, Elkhalifa M, Omer A. Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study. Sudan J Paed. (2023), [cited September 07, 2023]; 23(1): 82-87. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163


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Noureddin, A. A., Koko, . A. E. A., Adam, . M. A., Ahmed, . A. S. M., Mahmoud, . A. A. A., Abdalhameed, . M. A., Elkhalifa, . M. & Omer, . A. (2023) Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study. Sudan J Paed, 23 (1), 82-87. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163


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Noureddin, Ahmed Abdulgadir, Abubaker Emadeldin A. Koko, Mohammed A. Adam, Almegdad Sharafaldin M. Ahmed, Ahmed Abdallah A. Mahmoud, Mohammed Almojtaba Abdalhameed, Mohammed Elkhalifa, and Anoud Omer. 2023. Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study. Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics, 23 (1), 82-87. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163


Chicago Style

Noureddin, Ahmed Abdulgadir, Abubaker Emadeldin A. Koko, Mohammed A. Adam, Almegdad Sharafaldin M. Ahmed, Ahmed Abdallah A. Mahmoud, Mohammed Almojtaba Abdalhameed, Mohammed Elkhalifa, and Anoud Omer. "Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study." Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics 23 (2023), 82-87. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163


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Noureddin, Ahmed Abdulgadir, Abubaker Emadeldin A. Koko, Mohammed A. Adam, Almegdad Sharafaldin M. Ahmed, Ahmed Abdallah A. Mahmoud, Mohammed Almojtaba Abdalhameed, Mohammed Elkhalifa, and Anoud Omer. "Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study." Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics 23.1 (2023), 82-87. Print. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163


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Noureddin, A. A., Koko, . A. E. A., Adam, . M. A., Ahmed, . A. S. M., Mahmoud, . A. A. A., Abdalhameed, . M. A., Elkhalifa, . M. & Omer, . A. (2023) Nutritional status and dietary habits among Quranic school’s (Khalwa) students in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study. Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics, 23 (1), 82-87. doi:10.24911/SJP.106-1611995163




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