Assessing The Extent Of Stunting Underweight And Wasting Of Players In Selected Private And Government Football Projects In Addis Ababa

The aim of this study was to assess the extent of stuntings, underweight and wasting of players in selected private and government football project in Addis Ababa. Child stunting affects the function and structure of the brain, impeding mental development and possibly affecting human capital and social progress in the long term. Stunting affects every organ in the body when organs do not get adequate nutrients. It can not function normally, from those organs brain is the first to be affected, which means when someone is affected by chronic malnutrition their brain can not function normally and they will be susceptible to mental and cognitive deficits. This study applied a community based comparative cross sectional descriptive research study design which was conducted among in governmental and private football projects in Addis Ababa district from December 10 up to June 2021. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the six U-15 project in Addis Ababa. Pretested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Anthropometric indicator, height-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-height was determined for players using current WHO growth standards. The data was analyzed by SPSS version 25. Having large family size were common factors significantly associated with stunting in both food secure and insecure households. When we see in stunting both government and private (

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