Authors : Somayyeh Shalchi Oghli, Alireza Hidarnia, Shamsaddin Niknami, Shohreh Shah Mohammadi, Touraj Ahmadi Jouybari and Abbas Aghaei
Abstract: One of crucial nutrients in food basket is calcium. Calcium consumption is a main factor for making bones strong. We should pay attention to it from childhood and adolescence. Given the importance of women’s role in arranging and preparing the family food basket, this study was performed with aimed to determine the mothers knowledge and attitude about calcium-rich foods in family food basket and adolescent girl’s practice in city of Chabahar. This cross-sectional study was performed among 170 mother’s female students in 5th grade at two primary schools in Chabahar, 2013. 170 eligible mothers were selected in voluntarily and acquiring written consent. Data collection tool was validated and reliable self administered questionnaire. The participant mother’s score in knowledge and attitude were 83.13 83.2% and girls got 30.58% of total score. In point of view participants Cheese, fish and ice cream were the most important calcium resources. There was positive relation among knowledge, attitude and performance. But, just between knowledge and attitude that was significant (p <0.001, r = 0.343). Academic mothers (p = 0.026) and who had academic husband (p = 0.019) had higher knowledge and attitude (P = 0.007). Girls nutrient performance who their father was employee were more suitable (p = 0.038). Regards to desire knowledge and attitude among mothers and weak (poor) performance of girls is supposed to some other factors addition to recognizing factors effects on doing nutrient behaviors for getting calcium among girls.
Somayyeh Shalchi Oghli, Alireza Hidarnia, Shamsaddin Niknami, Shohreh Shah Mohammadi, Touraj Ahmadi Jouybari and Abbas Aghaei, 2016. Adolescent Girls Eating Behaviors about Calcium-Rich Foods. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 11: 61-66.