Indigenous vegetables: a sustainable approach to improve micronutrient adequacy in Tanzanian women of childbearing age
| العنوان: | Indigenous vegetables: a sustainable approach to improve micronutrient adequacy in Tanzanian women of childbearing age |
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| المؤلفون: | Angela G. Mkindi, Naelijwa H. Mshanga, John Msuya, Maria Vittoria Conti, Maria Cristina Monti, Silvia Ceppi, Rachele De Giuseppe, Hellas Cena |
| المصدر: | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 75:1475-1482 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Micronutrient deficiency, Nutritional Status, Medicine (miscellaneous), 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Tanzania, Nutrient density, Eating, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Environmental health, Vegetables, Humans, Medicine, Micronutrients, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, Nutrition and Dietetics, biology, business.industry, Public health, Odds ratio, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Micronutrient, Diet, Malnutrition, Cross-Sectional Studies, Structured interview, business |
| الوصف: | Increasing dietary diversity is a viable strategy for addressing micronutrient malnutrition in women of childbearing age (WCA) from low-income countries. Recently, it has been demonstrated that some indigenous vegetables (IV) with high nutrient density may help to ameliorate micronutrient’s intake. The Minimum Dietary Diversity index for Women (MDD-W) could be considered as a proxy to describe one important dimension of women’s diet quality. This cross-sectional study aimed at exploring aspects contributing to micronutrients adequacy in Tanzanian WCA, with a focus on IV consumption and other socio-demographic factors. Data collection was conducted among urban and peri-urban women in Arusha city, Tanzania. Socio-demographic factors were collected using a structured interview. Information on IV consumption and MDD-W calculation were obtained using a 24-h recall. One-hundred and forty-one women aged 14–49 years were interviewed. Sixteen per cent of the sample consumed at least one portion of IV/day. The total median MDD-W was 4.0 (IQR. 3.0–5.0) and it was adequate in the 44% of the sample. Women who consumed IV had MDD-W 0.66 points (95% CI: 0.02–1.30, p = 0.046) higher than those who did not; consuming IV had an odds ratio of more than three times concerning women not consuming IV (OR: 3.30, 95% CI: 1.24–8.81, p = 0.017). The IV consumption is positively associated with micronutrient adequacy and its absence from the diet can be an indicator of micronutrient deficiencies in vulnerable people such as WCA. For that reason, this study suggests that IV consumption may improve micronutrient deficiency in WCA. |
| تدمد: | 1476-5640 0954-3007 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::2077b15f4615f83dcaf2298efe1b99efTest https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-021-00865-xTest |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....2077b15f4615f83dcaf2298efe1b99ef |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14765640 09543007 |
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