Authors : Joy I. Anyanwu, Ezeda Kalu Ogbonnaya, Ngozi Scholastica Eze, Victoria Ogwa Adikwu and Lilian Chijioke Ozoemena
Abstract: The study which adopted a descriptive survey design, investigated the role of dietary intake in promoting healthy living among in-school adolescents in Enugu State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all the 2015-2016 Senior Secondary class two (SSII) students with the population of 3.303. The sample was 200 senior secondary class two in-school adolescents randomly selected from four schools in the in Enugu Education Zone. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire entitled Dietary Intake and Healthy Living Questionnaire (DIHQ). The data for the study was collected through direct delivery and retrieval of the questionnaire to 200 respondents (JSS III students) in the zone studied. The data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings showed a need for in-school adolescent’s adoption of proper feeding pattern. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made amongst which are, that counsellors should counsel parents and guardians on the need for proper nutrition for their adolescents, organize seminars and workshops in schools for food vendors with a view to acquainting them with information on and the implications of improper dietary practices, counselling and reorienting adolescents who are victims of improper dietary practices, for proper readjustment.
Joy I. Anyanwu, Ezeda Kalu Ogbonnaya, Ngozi Scholastica Eze, Victoria Ogwa Adikwu and Lilian Chijioke Ozoemena, 2019. Promoting Healthy Living among In-School Adolescents Through Dietary Intake: Health Counselling Implication. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 5309-5314.