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List of Tables ix List of Figures xi List of Appendices xii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Statement of the problem 3 1.2 Objectives 4 1.3 Significance of the Study 4 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Developmental Characteristics that affect Food Habits 6 2.2. Nutrient Needs of Adolescents 8 2.3 Food Habits of Adolescents 15 2.4 Food Preference of Adolescents 28 2.5 Nutrition Knowledge of Adolescents ......... 30 2.6 Nutrient Intakes of Adolescents 31 Page iv University of Ghana http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh

This study involved a retrospective analysis of 19094 delivery records of all infants born at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, between January 1991 to December 1992. During this two year period, the prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) was 1.15/1000 births. Anterior neural tube defects (anencephaly) accounted for 73% and posterior neural tube defects (spina bifida) accounted for 27% of all cases of NTDs. We conclude that NTDs occurs commonly in our subregion. Current...

It has recently been posited by several researchers that a fertility transition is under way in Ghana. Such fertility decline would be the first instance on the west coast of Africa. Data from the 1988 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey allows closer assessment of this earlier speculation. Review of the data suggests that earlier assertions of the existence of fertility transition were premature and hastily drawn from fragmented evidence. Little evidence exists to support any hypothesis of...

A survey was carried out to determine the prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis among students of Government Secondary School Girei, Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria, between January and July 1991. Of the 200 students between ages ten to thirty-two years old examined, 86 (43.0%) were infected using the formyl ether concentration method. The most commonly found worm were hookworms, Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura with mean egg per gram of 4,800; 2,600; and...

In this article, the author summarizes three generations of desegregation efforts since the Brown decision, with the intent to highlight parent voices. The author puts forth arguments that researchers and policymakers should turn their attention to the importance of broader sociocultural facets of desegregation. The author provides recollections from her mother, elementary school principal, and first-grade teacher showing that African-American parents did not have to be formally invited to...

The quality of school meals and snacks and their contribution to nutrient intake of 25 male and 25 female adolescents aged 13–18 years were determined. The composition of the meals/snacks were determined by chemical analysis and use of food composition tables. Their quality was determined using the nutrient density concept and their ability to meet the nutritional needs of the adolescents. Average serving sizes of meals consumed by the adolescents were also determined. School meals were...

This is a formative evaluation of a new syllabus and textbook in the area of curriculum development. The multidisciplinary nature of the study is reflected in the conceptual frame of reference derived from principles of materials design (curricula, syllabuses and textbooks), materials analysis, implementation of materials and opinions about those materials of the people involved in implementation. The evaluation has used a multi-faceted approach from ethnographic research methods to...

Stresses the organization of continuing education to promote professional development in Africa. The LIS profession has been helped by willing donors who have done much for professional development, but library systems, departments of LIS and other African institutions must aim to recruit well and provide self‐financed courses and in‐service training. Criteria for attracting staff must include personal qualities as well as educational qualifications. Makes a reference to a Latin American...

This investigation was conducted to determine the prevalence of dental caries and degree of dental fluorosis in 12-year-old Swazi school children. The prevalence of dental caries was low (33.7 per cent of children experienced caries and the mean DMFT was 0.92) and corresponded with that found in a neighbouring Swazi community (KaNgwane) but differed strikingly from the results of the baseline study by Klausen and Fanoe (1983). The need for curative dental care was mainly for one surface...

Literature has been produced over the last fifteen years in Papua New Guinea (PNG) concerned with the increasing level of socioeconomic differentiation which has accompanied political independence. Consensus exists that postcolonial PNG is experiencing increasing disparities in education, wealth, political power, and the general set of benefits typically associated with development and modernization. This author argues that studies of such growing socioeconomic stratification in the country...

Abstract Along the south‐eastern seaboard of Africa, a drought‐prone area is found between the humid subtropics and a deser. Convective mid‐summer precipitation in the north‐east is contrasted with stratiform winter rains in the west. Mean annual precipitation is <500 mm while potential evaporation is >2000 mm. According to time series analysis of rainfall records, dry spells recur at intervals of 3·5 and 18·2 years, most notably in the period 1940–1970. By contrast, excessive rainfall...

About 3000 adolescents enrolled in 46 coeducational primary secondary and vocational schools in Kenya were surveyed in 1989 to investigate factors associated with premarital sexual behavior. Depending on the type of school 48-77% of the males report ever having had coital experience compared with 17-67% of the females. Nearly half the sexually experienced males report multiple sex partners. A multiple regression analysis of the secondary school subsample shows that males who socialize with...

As is the case with many other veterinary schools in sub-Saharan Africa, the development of the University of Zambia (UNZA) Veterinary School has been supported largely by aid from the developed countries in the form of general expenditure grants, staff training scholarships and technical assistance. The three major pillars of the policies which have governed interactions between UNZA and donors have been bilateralism, "projectisation" (the supplying of aid within the framework of specific...

Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccination is essential in the control of tuberculosis (TB) especially in countries like Kenya where TB is still a public health problem and BCG is given to all children at birth as a matter of policy. The present survey was launched in 1986 to assess both BCG vaccination coverage and to compare its findings with the 1979/81 BCG scar survey results. Using random cluster sampling procedures, all primary school children aged 6-13 years from schools in each of 12...

(1993). New models of school management in South Africa: Licence for change or loophole for separatism? British Journal of Educational Studies: Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 287-301.