Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status of School-Aged Children (6–12 Years): A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study from Sialkot, Pakistan
Affiliations: Department of Food, Nutrition and Agricultural Sciences, Grand Asian University, Sialkot, 7 KM Pasrur Road Sialkot, Pakistan sabilaali720@gmail.com
Corresponding author: Aniq Ur Rehman, Email; aniq.rehman@gaus.edu.pk
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Funding
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Ethics approval
The study was conducted in accordance with applicable institutional ethical guidelines. Ethical approval was obtained from the relevant institutional ethics committee of Grand Asian University, Sialkot, Pakistan (Approval Reference No. ref-1955-gaus-3950fnas), prior to data collection. Permission was obtained from the participating school administrations, and written informed consent was secured from parents or legal guardians, together with age-appropriate assent from the participating children. Participant confidentiality was maintained throughout the study.
Informed consent
Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all children participating in the study. Age-appropriate assent was also obtained from each participating child before data collection. Participation was voluntary, and the confidentiality of participants' personal information was maintained throughout the study.
Data availability
The datasets generated and analyzed during the study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Author contributions
Sabeen Asghar designed the study, collected and analyzed the data, and drafted the manuscript. A.U.R. and Sabila Ali supervised the research, contributed to the study design and critically reviewed the manuscript and working in the final draft. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Sabeen Asghar, Aniq Ur Rehman*, Sabila Ali. Dietary Habits and Nutritional Status of School-Aged Children (6–12 Years): A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study from Sialkot, Pakistan. Journal of Biological and Sustainability Sciences. 2026;2(1):30-36. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23824057