title: Meal planning and its relation to the nutritional status of pre-school children (2-4 years old) in Egypt.
abstract: The nutritional status of children (2-4 years old) depends to great extent on the type of food they eat. The meal planning in the family is affected by many factors especially nutritional habits, social-economic status of the family and the availability of food. This paper presents the results of the questionnaire studies of nutrition of pre-school children in Egypt with the special emphasis given to social-economic status and education level in the families. The results show the relationship between education, availability, size of family and nutritional quality of meals planning by housewife.
authors.affiliation: Ain Shams University, Faculty of Specific Education, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Omar
mesh_terms: D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004534:Egypt; D005502:Food / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009753:Nutritive Value; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors