Nutritional status of the people of the Purari Delta

1983 ◽  
pp. 551-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Ulijaszek ◽  
S. P. Poraituk
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
The People

scholarly journals Phytochemical, Nutritional and Pharmacological Potentialities of Amaranthus spinosus Linn. : A review

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Mehedy Hasan Abir ◽  
Monsur Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Functional Properties ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Functional Activities ◽  
Amaranthus Spinosus ◽  
Antigenic Activity ◽  
The People ◽  
Disease Condition ◽  
The World

Amaranthus spinosus has long been cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, especially in South Asia. It is well accepted by the people for its nutritional, pharmacological, phytochemical, and therapeutic functions in the human body. Tender stems, leaves, shoots, grains and sometimes the whole part of A. spinosus are eaten by humans or fed to farm animals, which contain carbohydrates, proteins, fats, fibers, vitamins, minerals and many other phytochemicals. This review aims to represent the nutritional and pharmacological activities of A. spinosus. To have a better understanding, we have discussed the nutritional status of A. spinosus, its available phytochemicals and their functional properties. Further, we demonstrated the potentiality of A. spinosus in various disease condition by discussing its functional activities, which includes antioxidant, antidiabetic, immuno-modulatory, hematological, gastrointestinal, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, antimicrobial, antimalarial, anti-ulcer, antipyretic, and antigenic activity. The availability of various important phytochemicals along with their functional properties make Amaranthus spinosus valuable for pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals industry.

scholarly journals Compare of Food Habit and Nutritional Status of Rural Male and Female

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 556-572
Author(s):  
Redwan Rahman ◽  
Mahfuza Khanom Sheema
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Food Habit ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
The Other ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
North Western

ABSTRACT There is a big difference between male and female in the rural environment of Bangladesh and the aim of this eating habits and nutritional status. The study was conducted through 384 respondents from 9 villages in Ishwardi, Pabna; a north-western district of Bangladesh. The research has done on the food habits of the middle and lower class people of the villages. And some informations are collected from the different sources. In the research 73.44% of male earn more than 24 thousand BDT per month when only 43.32% female are earning more than 24 thousand BDT. Most of the female are housewives and male are service holder. 44.79% male  are service holder on the other hand 4.69% female are service holder. Rice is the main food for Bangladesh. So, most of the people have rice on daily three times. 37.80% of female and 66.98% of male are having rice. Ruti is the second priority food, female take this food 0.56% and male take 7.55% for 2 days. 63.33% female take egg, on the other hand 58.07% male take egg per week.  3.2% female her meal last of all and 1.5% female take it first of all. On the other hand 6.25% male take their meal first of all and 3.39% male take their meal last of all. Most of the female are normal having BMI 89.06% on the other hand male are overweight 78.18%. In the light of the study the eating habits of male and female in Bangladesh have improved but it has not yet affected everyone.          

An Evaluation of the National Food and Nutrition Policy of Bangladesh

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Mannan
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Nutrition Policy ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
Consensus Document ◽  
The People ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
The Government ◽  
Observational Techniques

Food and nutrition policy activities directed toward improvement of the nutritional status of the people of Bangladesh began in the 1980s. The government formulated a national food and nutrition policy and approved it in 1997. Qualitative methods, including observational techniques, in-depth interviews of the key informants, and focus group discussions, were used to collect information on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the policy. The information obtained has been transcribed and analyzed using this model. The strengths of the policy are that it is a consensus document that emphasizes human rights, was formulated by a multisectoral approach, complements other government policies, and has broad goals and wide-ranging objectives. The weaknesses include lack of implementation, monitoring, and evaluation guidelines; lack of strong government commitment; inadequate support of policy makers; perhaps an excessively ambitious target; and ignorance of past lessons learned. The opportunities include the scope of social mobilization, the wide scope of the policy, suggested programs and measures to improve nutritional status, a congenial policy environment, and the ability to modify the scope of the policy as needed. The threats to the policy are lack of knowledge of the policy, lack of resources to implement the policy, tension between technical people and bureaucrats, vested business interests, and, possibly, discontinuity of political commitment. The key to reducing the weaknesses of the food and nutrition policy of Bangladesh and minimizing the threats to it is for the stakeholders in the policy to coordinate efforts to use the strengths and opportunities of the policy to effectively implement it.

scholarly journals Biofortification - Associated Costs and Finding Alternatives?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avik Ray
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Limited Capacity ◽  
The People ◽  
Hidden Hunger ◽  
Nutritional Enhancement ◽  
Micronutrient Malnutrition

Biofortification refers to the increase in the amount of essential vitamins or provitamins or minerals in crops to improve the nutritional status of the people, which is largely intended to alleviate the problem of micronutrient malnutrition. I argue that biofortification may not be an effective weapon to fight against the hidden hunger since it demonstrates limited capacity on nutritional enhancement and can negatively impact the socio-economic fabric of the society in many different ways. Finally, I suggest a couple of alternatives that might meet the challenge more efficiently than biofortified crops.

scholarly journals Support Vector Machine (SVM) For Toddler’s Nutritional Classification in Palu City

INSIST ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Andi Hendra ◽  
Gazali Gazali
Keyword(s):  
Support Vector Machine ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Software Support ◽  
Software Application ◽  
The People ◽  
Slow Condition ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Government ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

Abstract—Toddlers are groups who are vulnerable about the health nutrition problems. Nutritional status of children is one of the indicators that can describes the level of social welfare in the city. Nutritionists are the people that can determined the nutritional status. The problem that arises is the limited number of the nutrition experts in each area, this problem causes the children’s malnutrition in the Palu city is detected in very slow condition. The aims of this study is to help the health professionals in the health centers or the hospitals to determine the children’s nutritional status computerized, so the malnutrition problem in the Palu city can be detected earlier. Besides that, to help the government in policy making about nutrition of the toddlers in Palu city. This study uses a Support Vector Machine (SVM) which implemented in computer-based software application to analyze nutrition of the toddlers.Keywords—Nutrition, Software, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Toddlers, Palu city.

scholarly journals Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices and nutritional status of children under 5 years in a tribal community of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 3982
Author(s):  
Sanika R. Patil ◽  
Murlidhar P. Tambe ◽  
Malangori A. Parande ◽  
Aditi M. Patil ◽  
Rigved V. Jeurkar
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Complementary Feeding ◽  
Preventive Intervention ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The People ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children ◽  
Mid Upper Arm Circumference

Background: Breastfeeding is the single most effective preventive intervention for improving the survival of children. Hence, the purpose of this research study to capture the firsthand breastfeeding perceptions and practices and nutritional status of children in tribal community of Nandurbar district (Maharashtra, India).Methods: This was community based cross-sectional study carried out on parents of 100 children. A house to house survey was conducted and either one or both the parents were interviewed regarding ‘Early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding’ using a pretested, predesigned questionnaire after obtaining written informed consent. Every child below 5 years went through anthropometric measurements like mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), length/height and weight and was categorized as normal/MAM/SAM. The data was analyzed using Microsoft Excel and ENA (Emergency Nutrition Assessment) for SMART software.Results: 85% mothers were aware of right breastfeeding practices but only 30% babies received breastfeeding within first hour of birth and 72% children were exclusively breastfed till 6 months. Practice of healthy breast feeding was significantly associated with education of mother and awareness of breast feeding. It was found that prevalence of malnourishment was more among children not receiving exclusive breast feeding.Conclusions: The importance of breastfeeding is not well recognized by the people living in tribal area as there was a gap between knowledge and practice. There were various medical, social and psychological barriers for breastfeeding. Doctors, family members, television and ASHA have majorly contributed in spreading awareness.

scholarly journals Nutritional status of the people living in Sajison and Iwamicho-Tajiri of Tottori Prefecture.

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 465-469
Author(s):  
Yuzuru OTSUKA ◽  
Kumiko TAKEUCHI ◽  
Chihiro YOSHIOKA ◽  
Yukihiro ISHIKAWA ◽  
Masayoshi MIYAGAWA
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
The People ◽  
Tottori Prefecture

scholarly journals Nutritional Status Improvement in Malnourished Rat (Rattus norvegicus) after Seluang Fish (Rasbora spp.) Treatment

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Triawanti Triawanti ◽  
Ari Yunanto ◽  
Didik Dwi Sanyoto ◽  
Hendra Wana Nuramin
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Rattus Norvegicus ◽  
Dietary Treatment ◽  
Standard Diet ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Bone Length ◽  
White Rats ◽  
Treatment Standard ◽  
The People ◽  
Malnourished Group

Prevalence of malnutrition in Indonesia is still high although it has some potential source of nutrients. Seluang fish (Rasbora spp.) is a river fish consumed by the people of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. This study analyzed the improvement of nutritional status in the malnourished rats after treatment with Seluang Fish. The study used malnourished white rats (Rattus norvegicus) using a low protein and fat diet for 8 weeks. The rats were divided into three groups; malnourished group (M) without other dietary treatment, standard diet (P1) and seluang diet (P2) for a period of four weeks. The malnourished group was sacrificed first, and after four weeks treatment, other groups were sacrificed; blood and bones were taken for weight, protein levels, hemoglobin levels, bone length, bone calcium levels and IGF-1 levels. The results showed that the average of body weight for all the studied groups ranged between 190 to 220g. Seluang diet had the highest serum protein levels (4.388 mg/dL), hemoglobin (19.7 mg/dL) and IGF levels (388.7 ng/mL). Standard diet had the longest bone length (3.547 cm) and the highest Calcium levels of 1.68 mg/g. Based on these results, it was concluded that Seluang fish may have the potential to improve the nutritional status of malnourished rats.

Penerapan Klasterisasi Menggunakan K-Means untuk Menentukan Tingkat Kesehatan Bayi dan Balita di Kabupaten Bengkulu Utara

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Daniel Tunggono Saputro ◽  
Wida Pesah Sucihermayanti
Keyword(s):  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Infants And Toddlers ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Health Level ◽  
The People

Abstract. The health level in Indonesia is still a challenge in every central and district area, especially the health level of infants and toddlers. The Health Office in North Bengkulu Regency always strives to provide the best health services to the people in North Bengkulu. Focusing on the health level of infants and toddlers in Bengkulu Regency, this study applies clustering to help the Health Office determining their health level in each village/district. K-means algorithm is used to cluster each subdistrict based on indicators of infant mortality, under-five mortality, morbidity, and nutritional status. The result showed that the processing of existing indicators is grouped into three clusters covering high, medium and low health levels.Keywords: Clustering, K-means, Health, RapidMiner Abstrak. Tingkat kesehatan di Indonesia masih menjadi tantangan di setiap daerah pusat maupun kabupaten, terutama tingkat kesehatan pada bayi dan balita. Dinas Kesehatan di Kabupaten Bengkulu Utara selalu berusaha untuk memberikan pelayanan kesehatan terbaik terhadap masyarakat di Bengkulu Utara. Dalam rangka memperhatikan tingkat kesehatan bayi dan balita pada Kabuaten Bengkulu, penelitian ini menerapkan klasterisasi untuk membantu Dinas Kesehatan mengetahui tingkat kesehatan bayi dan balita disetiap desa/ kecamatan. Algoritma K-means digunakan untuk mengklasterisasisetiap kecamatan berdasarkan indikator angka kematian bayi, angka kematian balita, angka kesakitan , dan status gizi. Hasil proses pengolahan indikator yang ada dikelompokan ialah tiga klaster meliputi tingkat kesehatan tinggi, sedang dan rendah. Kata Kunci: Klasterisasi, K-means, Kesehatan, RapidMiner

scholarly journals Anthropometry based nutritional status and dietary pattern of working adults of Gir Somnath District, Gujarat

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Nayana Gajjar
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Food Habit ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
The People ◽  
Health Organization

: According to World health organization, health is a complete state of physical, mental and social well being. Various factors are responsible for good health. One of the important contributors of good health is type of food consumed by the people. To assess the demographic and socio economic factors affecting the food habit and to assess the food pattern and nutritional status prevalent in working adults of Veraval city.: 141 adults working in government or non government sectors we arerandomly selected from urban Veraval. Pre tested semi structured questionnaire was used to elicit information on Area,TypesofFamily,Types ofEmployer,Gender, Detailed FoodPattern,Medical history and Nutritional and health status of working adults. Mean age range of the sample of (N=141) was found to be 43 years. According to social category it was found that majority of the sample was OBC (48.2%) followed by General (28.4%), SC (12.1%) and ST (11.3%). percent of the population were doing Government jobs followed by 35.5 % Non-Government Jobs among them only 2.1 % were servant and housewife. 30 percent of the sample were found to have Normal (18.9-22.9 kg/m) BMI as well as 33.3% were obese (≥25kg/m). Twenty three percent of them were overweight (23-24.9 kg/m) and only 11.3% were underweight (≤18.5 kg/m). None of the sample was having the history of Heart related problems, Cancer and Asthma. Fifty nine percent of the sample was vegetarian. Fifty two percent of the sample was consuming meal 3 times a day. Conclusion: Dual Burden of Mal Nutrition was found in working adults of Veraval urban. Also their dietary practices were poor. There need for sensitization of people in workplace setting on healthy diets.

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