Nutritional culture of parents of primary school students and its relationship to their children&#039;s obesity

Abdul Razek Abdul -Gawad Allam, Ebtesam; Zaki Mahmoud Mustafa, Amal; Mahmoud Mohamed, Hager

doi:10.21608/ijssaa.2025.394535.2456

Nutritional culture of parents of primary school students and its relationship to their children's obesity

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¹ New Cairo, Tala'i Al -Mustaqbal Language School in Al -Rehab, Cairo

² Cairo, College of Sports Science for Girls, Helwan National University, Cairo

10.21608/ijssaa.2025.394535.2456

Abstract

Nutritional Culture of Parents of Primary School Students and Its Relationship to Their Children's Obesity

Prof. Dr. Amal Zaki Mahmoud: Full-Time Professor of Health Education - Faculty of Sports Sciences for Girls - Helwan University

Assistant Professor of Biological and Health Sciences - Faculty of Sports Sciences for Girls - Helwan University

Ms. Ibtisam Abdel Razek Abdel Gawad: Physical Education Teacher

Research Abstract in Arabic

The research aimed to identify the nutritional culture of parents of primary school students and its relationship to their children's obesity. This was achieved by designing a questionnaire to measure the nutritional culture of parents of primary school students, and to determine the relationship between the nutritional culture of parents of primary school students and their children's obesity. The researcher used the descriptive approach with its steps and procedures to suit the nature of the research objectives and questions. The research sample was intentionally selected and consisted of (65) parents of obese primary school students at Zoser Private School, affiliated with the Salam Educational Administration in Cairo Governorate. The most important results were the lack of nutritional culture among parents of primary school students. Primary school students with obesity, the lack of obesity education among parents, and a positive correlation between the nutritional education level of parents and their children's obesity.

Keywords: Nutritional culture , Parents , obesity.

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