Perceived Causes And Prevention Of Malnutrition Among Primary School Pupils
[A CASE STUDY ILORIN EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KWARA STATE]

Hypothesis Five
H05: Succumb to infections is not a significant result of malnutrition among children in Ilorin west local Government Area.

Table 6 showed chi-square summary succumb to infection and malnutrition among children in Ilorin East local Government Area. The calculated value is 82.13 and the table value is 16.92, degree of freedom of 9 at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The decision is to reject the null hypothesis if the calculated value is greater than critical value therefore, null hypothesis was rejected which indicates that succumb to infections is a significant result of malnutrition among children in Ilorin East local Government Area.
Discussion of Findings
    The present study investigated the incidence of malnutrition among children in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara state. Research hypothesis one (1) revealed that sickness is a significant result of malnutrition among children in Ilorin west local Government Area. This result is in line Chiabi (2008), Pelletier et al. (1993), Schroder & Brown (1994), Pelletier et al (1995), Mendez & Adair (1999), de Onis et al. (2000) study who observed that malnutrition causes childhood sicknesses.
    Research hypothesis two (2) revealed  that mortality of children is a significant result of malnutrition among children in Ilorin East local Government area. The result is in consistent with Chiabi, (2008) study who found that malnutrition causes childhood morbidity and mortality. Studies have shown the association between increasing severity of anthropometric deficits and mortality and substantial contributions are made by all degree of malnutrition to child mortality (Pelletier et al., 1993; Schroeder and Brown, 1994; Pelletier et l., 1995; Mendez and Adair, 1999; Onis et al., 2000). World Health Organization in 2001 reported that 54% of all children mortality was attributable directly or indirectly, to malnutrition.
    Research Hypothesis three (3) revealed that low body resistance to diseases is a significant result of malnutrition in Ilorin East local Government Area. The result corroborates with Jobiba, Andrew, Theresa, Catherine, (2008); Irena, Mwambazi, & Mulenga, (2011).
    Research hypothesis four (4) revealed that growth is a significant result of malnutrition among children in Ilorin East Local Government Area. This result is in consonance with Solomon (1985) & Roy et al. (2007) who observed that almost any illness will impair a child’s growth. According to Demographic and Health Survey in 2003, under-five children in Nigeria are stunted as a result of malnutrition. The 2004 Food  Consumption and Nutrition Survey reported similar trends.
    Research Hypothesis four (4) revealed that succumb to infections is a significant result of malnutrition among children in Ilorin local Government Area. Malnutrition is one of the biggest health problems that the world currently faces and is associated with more than 41% of the death occur annually in children from 6 to 24 months is age in development countries which total approximately 2.3 million, (Sandoval-Priego, Reyes-Morals, Perez-Abrego-Blass, & Orrico-Torres, 2002).