THE EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL BASED

FEEDING PROGRAM FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF

NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF UNDERNOURISHED PUPILS OF

TIRING CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AN ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Presented to:

MYRNA S. CASTILLO, Ph. D., CESO V

Schools Division Superintendent

Submitted by;

MARIA JUDELYN G. TUARES

Master Teacher I
 ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL

I. ABSTRACT

Malnutrition among Filipino children is still prevalent. It is caused by a number of factors

related to health care, food intake, with underlying socioeconomic and cultural factors.

Investing in the nutrition of children has the power to trigger huge social and economic changes

in countries. With the right nutrients and care early on in life, a child’s brain and body are able to

grow to their full potential.

A body can’t grow without proper nutrition. Muscles need protein, bones and teeth need

calcium, a child’s brain needs healthy fats and cells require various vitamins and minerals to

function. Eating a variety of foods from all the food groups ensures that your child can grow and

develop into a healthy adult.

School feeding programs have been defined by the World Bank as “targeted social safety

nets that provide both educational and health benefits to the most vulnerable children, thereby

increasing enrollment rates, reducing absenteeism, and improving food security at the household

level.” Beyond improvements in access to food, school feeding programs also have a positive

impact on nutritional status, gender equity, and educational status, each of which contributes to

improving overall levels of country and human development.

II. PROBLEMS

As the researcher of this research, I have found out that out of 392 students from

Kindergarten to Grade 6 for S.Y. 2015-2016 of Tiring Central Elementary School, 55 pupils

were wasted and 11 pupils were severely wasted. I am hoping through the school based feeding

program the nutritional status of these 66 pupils will be rehabilitated.

In view of this study, the following questions are advanced:

1. What is the level of the nutritional status of the pupils before the feeding program?

2. What is the level of the nutritional status of the pupils after the feeding program

rendered?

3. Can the feeding program help improve or elevate the nutritional status of undernourished

pupils of Tiring Central Elementary School?

III. REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

In the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 it was stated that educational progress was an

objective of the United States School Feeding programs. In spite of this fact no serious attempt

has ever been made to evaluate whether this objective has been met; the few evaluations that

have been conducted lack scientific rigor. As a whole the studies fail to provide a strong basis

from which to make valid inferences regarding the long-term effects of the feeding program on

school achievement and adaptation. Studies that have focused on the short-term effects of hunger

or morning feeding suggest that the provision of breakfast may both benefit the student

emotionally and enhance his capacity to work on school type tasks. (E Pollitt, M Gersovitz,

and M Gargiulo)
IV. METHODOLOGY

SAMPLING

Purposive sampling was employed in selecting pupils-respondent of the study. The Kindergarten
to Grade 6 pupils was weighed last July 2015 to have their initial weight and out of 392
respondents, 55 wasted and 11 severely wasted pupils were noted.

INSTRUMENTS
In this investigation the Department of Education, through the Health Nutrition Center,
implemented the School-Based Feeding Program for S.Y. 2015-2016 to address the under
nutrition and short-term hunger among public school children.

TIME FRAME

The study will start July 2015 and the feeding will start September 2015 and will run daily in the

course of 120 days during lunch time until March 2016.

PROCEDURE
1. Last July 2015 the 392 students of Tiring Central Elementary School from Kindergarten

to Grade 6 were weighed.

2. Out of 392 pupils, there were 55 wasted and 11 severely wasted groups noted.

3. Daily feeding will be given during lunch time for 120 days to the undernourished groups.

4. Quarterly weigh-in will be observed until March 2015, to supervise the improvement of

the undernourished groups.

5. On March 2015 the last weigh-in will be conducted to assess the nutritional status of the

66 undernourished pupils.
INTERVENTION

The action research is to determine the effectiveness of the school based feeding program

to rehabilitate the nutritional status of the 66 undernourished pupils of Tiring Central Elementary

S.Y. 2015-2016.