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To assess nutritional habits, breakfast intake, the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia, and students' awareness of their anaemic status across primary and secondary schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

January 1, 2002International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Prevalence of daily breakfast intake, iron deficiency anaemia and awareness of being anaemic among Saudi school students

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To assess nutritional habits, breakfast intake, the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia, and students' awareness of their anaemic status across primary and secondary schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Conducted an in-person interview survey on socio-demographic factors, dietary habits, and anthropometrics across 42 boys' and 42 girls' schools in April 2000.
Measured blood haemoglobin in a random sample of 800 male and female students across age groups, applying World Health Organization diagnostic cut-offs (<11.5 g/dl for ages 5–11, <12.0 g/dl for ages 12–14 and females 15+, and <13.0 g/dl for males 15+).
Anaemia was identified in 20.5% of students, with higher prevalence among those aged ≥12 years, attendees of governmental schools, children of mothers with low educational attainment, and menstruating girls who faced approximately twice the risk of non-menstruating peers.
Breakfast skipping occurred in 14.9% of students with no differences by age, sex, body mass index, or socioeconomic class, though both breakfast skipping and anaemia were more frequent among students with poor academic performance.
Only 34.1% of anaemic students were aware of their condition; awareness rates were uniform across age groups and social strata, but female students displayed higher awareness than males.

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Cross-sectional study observes high anaemia rates and poor status awareness in school students, highlighting the need for targeted nutritional interventions.

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Abalkhail et al. (2002) studied this question.

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Implication

Cross-sectional study observes high anaemia rates and poor status awareness in school students, highlighting the need for targeted nutritional interventions.

Prevalence of daily breakfast intake, iron deficiency anaemia and awareness of being anaemic among Saudi school students

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Prevalence of daily breakfast intake, iron deficiency anaemia and awareness of being anaemic among Saudi school students

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