加纳学校供餐和支持学生营养需求的挑战

Mabel Kyei Kwofi
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加纳学校免费供餐计划的实施是为了减少小学生的短期饥饿和营养不良,提高入学率、出勤率和小学留校率,并通过资助当地小农的农业粮食生产来促进国内粮食生产。这项研究旨在检查学校提供的膳食的营养多样性及其支持学生营养需求的能力。这项研究是在加纳科福里杜瓦的新华本市进行的。入选加纳新Juaben北区学校供餐计划的四所贫困小学;研究对象是年龄在6至15岁之间的学生。调查数据通过访谈和个人观察收集。食物营养多样性的数据是通过菜单和每餐准备中使用的食物成分来确定的,并与标准营养成分进行比较。为了评估学校供餐计划对学生营养支持的既定目标,设计了表格,其中包含每个学校的单独菜单、食物组和对每种当地食物中所含营养成分的评估。研究结果显示,学校的周期性菜单选择了包含健康生活所需的所有营养物质的食物,以满足学生的营养需求。
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School Feeding and the Challenge of Supporting Nutritional Needs of Pupils in Ghana
The Ghana free school feeding program was implemented to diminish short-term hunger and malnutrition among elementary school children, to increase school enrolment, attendance, and retention in primary schools and to boost domestic food production through patronizing local agricultural food production by small-scale farmers. This research sought to examine the nutritional diversity of the school-served meals and their ability to support the nutritional needs of the pupils. The research study was carried out at the New Juaben Municipality, Koforidua, Ghana. Four deprived elementary schools enrolled in the school feeding program in the New Juaben North District in Ghana were selected; the population consisted of pupils who were between the ages of 6 to 15 years. The survey data were collected through interviews and personal observations. The data on the nutritional diversity of foods were determined through the menu and food ingredients used in each meal preparation, these were compared with the standard nutritional composition. To evaluate the established objectives on pupils’ nutrition support from the school feeding program, tables were designed, with individual menus from each school, food groups, and the assessment of nutrients comprised in each local food item. The study outcome revealed the school’s cyclical menus had selected foods stuff that comprised of all the nutrients needed for a healthy life to support school children’s nutritional needs.
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