Full Length Research Paper
Ayman Mazahreh and Omar Turki
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dietary habits of consumption of different amounts of dietary fiber to a group of students in rural and urban areas and its relation to the growth of adolescents. In this study 216 adolescents from Jordan (urban) and 112 from (rural) region were selected by adopting randomization method. The study was conducted with the sample of 428 adolescent. 3- day food consumption survey was carried out and energy and nutrient content were calculated by using food composition table. The clinical signs of nutrients deficiency were determined, different diet composites were taken from rural and urban areas respectively. The analysis of fiber was made in the laboratory. The findings can be summarized as follows: The average height was 165,8 cm for urban and 159,6 cm for rural. The average weight was 59,0 kg for urban and 47,8 kg for rural groups. No significance differences between rural and urban areas were observed in respect to consumption level of energy, protein, carbohydrate, fats, vitamin A, riboflavin, Zinc and phosphorous. The difference was observed for calcium, iron thiamin, vitamin C, and niacin. Consumption levels of these nutrients were higher in rural group than urban. It has been found that the intake of dietary fiber is more than double in the rural areas than urban. It may be concluded that high fiber diet adversely effect growth of adolescent .