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    Dietary diversity and anthropometric characteristics of in-school adolescents in the university of Ibadan community
    (Food basket foundation, 2015) Samuel, F. O.; Adetunmbi, A. J.; Ariyo, O.
    Adolescence presents a window of opportunity to prepare nutritionally for a healthy adult life, hence exploring the synergy between dietary diversity and anthropometric parameters is important to help inform appropriate health promoting dietary interventions in this age group. The study was designed to assess the dietary diversity and its relation to nutritional status of in-school adolescents in University of Ibadan community, Nigeria. This descriptive cross-sectional study involved 440 in-school adolescents selected using simple random sampling from a private (223) and a public secondary school (217) located within the university. Data on sociodemographic characteristics and dietary pattern were collected using a semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire. Dietary intake was assessed using multiple-pass 24-hour recall. Dietary diversity score (DDS) was computed based on 14 food groups and categorized as low (<4), moderate (4-6) and high (>6). Weight and height were measured and analysed using WHO Anthro-plus software. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square at p=0.05. Female respondents constituted 55.7%, about 57% of all respondents were aged 14-17 years. Meal skipping was common (62.3%), higher in the private (70.4%) than the public schools (53.9%), while overweight and obesity were more prevalent in the private school (28.7%). On the other hand, mean DDS was higher in the public (5.55±0.9) than the private school (4.72±1.0) while overall, 6.6% had low DDS; more in private (11.2%) than public schools. Dietary diversity was significantly associated with BMI for age as low DDS found to be higher among the obese (17.6%) and overweight (12.3%) adolescents. The adolescents in the public school appeared to have better diversity in their dietary intake. Dietary diversity score was associated with anthropometric characteristics of the adolescents irrespective of being in the public or private school. Further investigation is hereby recommended to understand the pathway of this association.