SCHOOL-BASED FEEDING PROGRAM IN CULIAT HIGH SCHOOL AND ITS IMPACT ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE SEVERELY WASTED STUDENTS: BASIS FOR DEVELOPING A MULTI-WAYS FEEDING PROGRAM

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess the management of the school-based feeding program and its impact on nutritional status and academic performance of the severely wasted students in Culiat High School. One feeding teacher, and fifty students, was involved in this study. Survey questionnaires were administered to gather the data from the respondents. The teacher-respondent assessed the management of the school-based feeding program in terms of assessing the management of the school-based feeding program in terms of selection of the feeding recipients, preparation of food, feeding scheme, and feeding fund. Also, the problems encountered in the management of the program. The student-respondents indicated their body mass index (BMI) and their first and second quarter general weighted average. The findings indicated that in general the management of the SBFP seems to be in need of improvement as seen in the selection of the feeding recipients, preparation of feeding food, and the sufficiency of the feeding fund were achieved to a moderate degree with a mean of 3.00 interpreted as satisfactory , the feeding scheme assessed to be in low degree with a mean of 2.00 interpreted as fair. The top three problems encountered by the teacher respondent in the management of the SBFP were first, some of the feeding recipients don’t go down in the feeding area. Second, feeding recipients doesn’t want to eat vegetables. Third, feeding recipients were shy. Eight (8) or 16% of the respondents happened to increase their BMI that made them wasted from severely wasted. While forty two (42) or 84% of the feeding recipients remains severely wasted. The overall interpretation is that feeding program shows a little impact in the nutritional status of the severely wasted feeding recipients. Thirty seven ( 37) or 74% of the student- respondents improved their general average by 1-5 points. While thirteen (13) or 26% of the respondents shows no increase in their general average Based from the findings, it was concluded that the teacher-respondent perceived that SBFP is not well- managed.In general, the student-respondents may be not well-oriented on the significance of the program to them. SBFP may not have a strong influence to increase the nutritional status of the recipients. While SBFP had an important part in improving the academic performance of the student-respondents