Effects Of Poor Nutritional Needs On Academic Performance Of Primary Six Pupils In Some Selected Primary Schools In Imillike Town

EFFECTS OF POOR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY SIX PUPILS IN SOME SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN IMILLIKE TOWN CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Food is one of the basic needs of man. Our body needs food to do its work. Food is vital to life and may be any solid or liquid substance which when eaten and digested by the body, provides it with necessary materials to enable it grow, replace worn-out and damaged parts and to function normally. The human body is like a complex piece of machinery in that it is prone to faults and weaknesses if it is poorly …