Rural and Central District Primary School Students Body Mass Index and Milk Consumption Habits

Abstract

This study was to planned investigate the milk consumption and body mass index values in rural and central district primary school students. In this context, a questionnaire was applied to 152 children from 59 families, 25 of whom were in the center and 34 living in the countryside, during home visits. In addition, during the survey, the height and weight of the participants were determined and the body mass index values were calculated. The drinking habits of rural and central district students participating in the study were 35% in the evenings for rural girls and 48% for boys (p=0.211); the central region was found to be 55% in girls and 59% in boys (p=0.282). While 20.62% of the children in the families participating in the survey liked hot milk, 23.5% liked cold milk, 29.4% stated that they liked to drink milk with fruit. Although 90% of the respondents in this study say that they like milk, it is understood that there is irregular milk consumption.