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Journal Article
Nutritional Program to Develop the Awareness of Mother's Children with Down Syndrome and it's Impact on Body Weight
2023
Overview
Down Syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability. This study aims to raise the level of nutritional awareness among mother's children with Down syndrome. The research sample included 50 children with Down syndrome (28 males and 22 females) between the ages of 6-11 years from Assiut city. Data about socioeconomic status and health status questionnaire were collected, The program conducted to improve the knowledge of mother's children with Down Syndrome and the program consisted of 4 sessions, Body mass index (BMI) was calculated using the measure of body weight and height. The results showed that most of the mother's children were illiterate and house wives, and their awareness of healthy food was low and the most of children suffer from obesity with ratio (64%) and some of them suffer from dental and digestive problems. The children with Down syndrome are shorter than the ideal measurements when compared with children in the same age and have a body mass index more than normal. So, this study recommended to make nutritional initiatives and campaigns to reduce the risk of obesity in children with Down Syndrome through balanced diets to avoid obesity.
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جامعة أسيوط - كلية التربية النوعية
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