Nutritional value of school meals and their contributions to energy and nutrient intakes of rural school children in Enugu and Anambra States, Nigeria

Ayogu, Rufina N. B.; Eme, Paul E.; Anyaegbu, Vivien C.; Ene-Obong, Henrietta N.; Amazigo, Uche V.

doi:10.1186/s40795-018-0216-0

Table 1 Portion sizes of school meals consumed by the school children by age and schools

From: Nutritional value of school meals and their contributions to energy and nutrient intakes of rural school children in Enugu and Anambra States, Nigeria

	Age groups
Variables	2 – 5 years (N = 231)	6 – 9 years (N = 239)	10 – 14 years (N = 204)	15 – 18 years (N = 26)
Eke Central Primary School (N = 324)	N = 106	N = 86	N = 130	N = 2
Pap + richoco (g)	175^a ± 1.22	195^b ± 0.99	220^c ± 0.88	220^c ± 0.46
Okpa (g)	170^a ± 2.46	190^b ± 1.99	220^c ± 1.06	220^c ± 0.96
Bread (g)	65^a ± 0.79	85^c ± 0.71	80^b ± 0.86	80^b ± 0.61
Egg (g)	70^a ± 1.73	70^a ± 1.43	80^b ± 0.20	80^b ± 0.18
Milk (ml)	190^a ± 0.57	220^b ± 0.51	220^b ± 0.49	220^b ± 0.40
Moi-moi (g)	170^a ± 2.36	210^b ± 2.08	220^c ± 1.96	230^d ± 1.89
Yoghurt (ml)	180^a ± 0.91	190^b ± 0.89	210^c ± 1.85	220^d ± 1.81
^cRice & beans jollof+vegetables (g)	240^a ± 0.33	280^b ± 0.33	350^d ± 1.29	340^c ± 0.22
Oma-Eke CPS (N = 170)	N = 41	N = 78	N = 50	N = 1
Pap + richoco (g)	170^a ± 2.12	200^b ± 0.99	220^d ± 1.07	210^c ± 0.98
Okpa (g)	170^a ± 0.32	220^b ± 0.33	220^b ± 0.42	220^b ± 0.30
Bread (g)	70^a ± 3.31	75^ab ± 2.98	80^b ± 2.07	80^b ± 1.99
Egg (g)	70^a ± 4.38	70^a ± 4.02	75^ab ± 3.99	85^b ± 3.09.
Milk (ml)	180^a ± 1.88	205^b ± 1.02	210^bc ± 0.99	215^c ± 0.90
Moi-moi (g)	170^b ± 2.68	192^b ± 2.01	215^c ± 1.97	210^c ± 1.08
Yoghurt (ml)	180^a ± 2.90	180^a ± 2.86	190^b ± 1.82	190^b ± 1.77
^cRice & beans jollof+vegetables (g)	210^a ± 2.99	282^b ± 2.12	340^c ± 2.01	348^c ± 1.99
Abatete C/SA PS (N = 206)	N = 84	N = 75	N = 24	N = 23
Pap + richoco (g)	170^a ± 1.72	200^b ± 0.87	220^c ± 0.07	220^c ± 0.04
Okpa (g)	180^a ± 0.78	220^b ± 0.88	220^b ± 0.81	220^b ± 0.01
Bread (g)	70^a ± 1.88	70^a ± 0.79	80^b ± 0.11	80^b ± 0.16
Egg (g)	70^a ± 1.43	70^a ± 1.43	70^a ± 1.43	70^a ± 1.43
Milk (ml)	180^a ± 0.57	210^b ± 0.88	220^c ± 0.88	240^d ± 0.02
Moi-moi (g)	170^a ± 2.36	200^b ± 0.92	220^c ± 0.51	220^c ± 0.19
Soya bean milk (ml)	180^a ± 0.91	210^b ± 0.92	210^b ± 0.42	240^c ± 0.18
^cRice & beans jollof+vegetables (g)	260^a ± 0.06	340^b ± 0.45	420^c ± 0.24	440^d ± 0.11

Abatete C/SA PS Abatete Central/Salvation Army Primary School, Oma-Eke CPS Oma-Eke Community Primary School, Richoco Cocoa powder from Cadbury, Okpa Steamed Bambara groundnut pudding, Moi-moi Steamed cowpea pudding, Pap Maize paste prepared in hot water
^cThis was consumed with a finger of banana
Values with different superscripts in the same row are significantly (P < 0.05) different
Values are means ± standard deviations

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