Nutritional Quality and Prevalence of Diseases among Young Adults in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Nutritional Quality, Prevalence, Diseases, Young Adults, Internally Displaced Persons’ Camp.Abstract
The study investigated the nutritional quality and prevalence of diseases among young adults in internally displaced persons camps in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The study was a cross-sectional study that sampled 120 young adults aged 18-30 years across our (4) IDPs camps in Bayelsa State. The structured 42-item instrument titled “Nutritional Quality and Prevalence of Diseases Among Displaced Adults Scale” (NQPDADAS) was used for the collection of data analyzed using mean and standard deviation as well as regression analysis. The study revealed that the insufficient intake of the daily quantity of vitamins, minerals, vegetables, fruits, water, fats and oil as well as low intake of carbohydrates, protein and fibre rich foods (like oaks, beans, maize, etc.) constituted unhealthy dietary pattern among young adults in IDP camps in Bayelsa State. Also, the study found that the effects of unhealthy dieting pre-disposed young adults in IDP camps in Bayelsa State to economically sapping and fatal nutritional diseases such as obesity, cholera, kwashiorkor, diarrhoea, malnutrition, malaria, dysentery, chickenpox and tuberculosis. The study concluded that the lifestyle and dietary patterns of young adults in IDPs camps in Bayesa State was grossly unhygienic, generally unhealthy as well as boring without sports, recreational and brain training games (like scrabble, chess, etc.). The study recommended among others that governments (federal, state and local) should include nutritionist into emergency/disaster management committees in order for them to desire appropriate meals with the daily required protein, minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, fats and oil for the healthiness of young adults in IDPs camps.
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