eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Food Security 2372-0107 2018-07-27 6 2 74 78 10.12691/jfs-6-2-4 JFS2018624 article Faweya O. 1 Adeniran A. T. adefemi.adeniran@augustineuniversity.edu.ng 2 Balogun K. O. 3 Department of Statistics, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria Department of Mathematical Sciences, Augustine University Ilara-Epe, Lagos, Nigeria Department of Statistics, Federal School of Statistics, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria In this study, symptoms of food crisis, knowledge of nutritional constituents and values together with good health practices were investigated among child-bearing women attending Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti-state. A structured questionnaire was used as a measuring instrument which consists of four sections, namely, personal characteristics, nutritional knowledge, basic health and effects of food crisis on their health. The distribution of respondents based on their demographic characteristics and the proportion of women in different arbitrary categorized state of health (Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Very poor) were determined. Test of association between some demographic variables (age, marital status, educational qualification and income level) and derived variable (Body Mass Index (BMI)) with health status were also explored. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfs/6/2/4/jfs-6-2-4.pdf nutrition variables proportion body mass index demographic characteristics