Knowledge regarding calcium contained in food amongst secondary school going adolescents in Karachi

Objective: to determine the knowledge regarding calcium contained in food among secondary school-going children. methods: the cross-sectional study was conducted from february to may 2013 in two public and two private schools of jamshed town,karachi. stratified random sampling was used to raise the study sample. a pre-coded,piloted questionnaire was used for data collection. data was analysed using spss 19. results: of the 153 participants,27(18.3%) had adequate knowledge while 126(81.7%) had inadequate knowledge about calcium contained in food. the mean age of the participants was 13.52�1.725 years. statistically significant association was present between knowledge regarding calcium and mother's and father's educational level (p=0.039 and p=0.012,respectively),mother's and father's working status (p=0.002 and p=0.015,respectively) and acquisition of knowledge from parents (p=0.020),teachers (p=0.039) and via television (p=0.034). conclusion: most adolescents did not have knowledge about calcium contained in food. � 2016,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.