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given to girls and boys are compared in Tables 5.29 and 5.30 No sign~flcant difference
was observed between the genders w~th respect to the type of treatment taken (p >
0 05).
5.5 Discussion
The health problems of school age children have not received adequate attention
mainly because they are not life threatening and the consequences of neglect are not
obv~ous ~mmediately. Many of the infectlous disorders and nutritional problems which
are prevalent among the under five's are found in school age children particularly in
developing countries (Mahajan.1992). Although, these conditions may not contribute
to the mortality among the school age children as they do among the younger children.
they do contribute significantly to the morbidity. It is important for us to Identify and also
understand some of these problems, espec~ally from the community's point of view so
that appropriate and adequate measures can be taken to reduce the morbidity in
school age children. The results derived from the current work, which included both
ethnographic and other ep~demiological methods to study the health status of school
age children, are discussed below
5.5.1 Nutrition
The study showed that the dietary Intake of school age children in Kedar was
slgnlflcantly less than the recommended values In calories, proteins, Iron, Vltamln A,
thlamlne r~btflavrn and nlacin (Tables 5.1OA5.1IE) It was observed that the ~alOne
and Protein gap between the actual intake and RDA was w~der during adolescence
FlgureS 5 3 and 5.4) Several ~nvest~gators have found that the calofle consumPtlon of