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Body Mass Index of School Pupils in Nigeria

Ahmad abubakar,bello arkilla magaji,zahraddeen garba habib,usman musa umar,anas ibrahim yakubu,abdulaziz muhammad danmadami,harrison sunday akogwu,hudu garba illo,abusufyan attahiru.




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Almajiri pupils are mostly male children and adolescents who leave home to live with their Mallam for Islamic education. They lack basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. This situation makes them vulnerable to hunger and have to beg for sustenance. Aim: To compare the Body Mass Index (BMI) of the traditional Almajiri education system (Tsangaya) and Almajiri Integrated Model School (AIMS) pupils in northwest Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study done in 2019 involving ninety-six pupils from each of Tsangaya and AIMS in Sokoto metropolis using a multistage sampling technique. The socio-demographic variables and BMI of the participant were obtained and analyzed using IBM SPSS V 21.0 for Windows. A test of association between the variables was done using the chi-square test; a p-value

Key words: Body Mass Index, School Pupils, Almajiri Integrated Model School.






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