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Abstract
Child work refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.
In developing countries, with high poverty and poor schooling opportunities, child work is still prevalent.
The effects of child work on growth and health have been reported but distinguishing the effects of work from those of poverty has been problematic.
Employment provides the potential for many benefits to teenagers, including opportunities to earn money for themselves and their families; gain valuable time management, interpersonal and occupation-specific skills; develop discipline and responsibility; and enhance self-confidence and self-esteem.
Work also poses potential threats to the physical, emotional, economic and academic health of teenagers. Like their adult co-workers, teenagers face exposure to a variety of health and safety hazards that can lead to injury and illness. Some common hazards for teenage workers are heavy lifting, cutting tools, cleansing chemicals and infectious diseases.
In the present study, the aim was to assess the nutritional status of working children in comparison to non working children in Arab Gohina village, Qaliyuobia. In addition, to measure prevalence of anemia and parasitic infestation in working children in the same village.
A convenience sample of working children and non working children were recruited in the study after obtaining the informed consent from their guardians. Approvals of the local directorate of education and school administration were also obtained.
Concerning Study tools we used an interview questionnaire which includes Sociodemographic data, nutritional history, medical and past history and occupational history.
Another tool was clinical examinations: which include general examination, Anthropometric measurements (height, weight, body mass index and skin fold thickness).
The last tool was laboratory investigations: which include hemoglobin (Hb) level, stool analysis and urine analysis.
The results of study shows, the parents of working children were of lower education level and their fathers more likely to be in skilled jobs, than the comparison group with a statistically significant difference between the two groups. The working children have higher number of persons per room than comparison group. They have also low income level than comparison group.
Also, there is no significant difference between working children and students in their dietary habits except appetite disorders which is more common in working children and it may be duo to work stress. Similarly, no difference in eating special type of food due to medical cause
The student group showed more obesity (13.33%) than the working group (2.67%) and also showed more overweight (29.33%) than the working group (20%) with a statistically significant difference.
In the current study there is no significance difference between the student and working groups in the carbohydrates intake. The student group took vegetables once weekly (41.33%) more than the working groups (16%) and the student group took vegetables twice weekly (29.33%) less than the working group (70.67%). The student group takes fruits, dairy products, Beverages and protein more than the working group, but the student group takes less sweets than the working group.
The working group has more pallor (54.67%) than the comparison group (6.67%) and no significance difference in between the two groups in skin disease.
In conclusion Labor is a factor affecting the physical development of Children negatively. It has been found that the working children have less Hb level (10.27±0.53) than the students (11.31 ± 0.75) with statistically significant difference.