scholarly journals Dietary Intake and Food Behaviours of Senegalese Adolescent Girls

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madélie Giguère Johnson ◽  
Sonia Blaney ◽  
Stephanie Ward ◽  
Isabelle Galibois ◽  
Aminata Ndéné Ndiaye
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Calcium Deficiency ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Eating Behaviours

Abstract Background: Malnutrition is a public health concern in low- and middle-income countries. In Senegal, 35% of adolescent girls are undernourished and 56% are anemic. Methods: This study assessed dietary intake of adolescent girls aged 14-18 years in Dakar, Senegal. Specifically, the study 1) assessed their energy, fibre, macro- and micronutrient intakes, 2) described the types and the quality of the foods they consume, and 3) assessed some of their eating behaviours. Dietary intake was measured using three non-consecutive 24-hour recalls from 136 adolescent girls attending two colleges. Energy and nutrient intakes were assessed and compared to recommendations. Foods were classified by food group and by whether they were healthy or unhealthy. Proportions of girls who ate breakfast as well as their daily intake (g) of fruits and vegetables were calculated. Results: Sodium intake was high while fibre intake was low. On average, 40% of the adolescents’ total energy intake came from fats. Mean intakes of zinc and calcium were higher in the weekend as compared to weekdays while the opposite was observed for sodium. Prevalence of inadequate intakes was above 80% for iron while almost 100% were at risk of calcium deficiency. Approximately 60% of the foods consumed were classified as healthy, however the majority of healthy foods came from grains. Conclusions: Adolescent nutrition deserves attention given the poor quality of their dietary intake which may put them at risk of malnutrition and chronic diseases. These findings may be used to help improve programs targeting Senegalese adolescent girls’ nutrition.

scholarly journals Dietary intake and food behaviours of Senegalese adolescent girls

BMC Nutrition ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madélie Giguère-Johnson ◽  
Stéphanie Ward ◽  
Aminata Ndéné Ndiaye ◽  
Isabelle Galibois ◽  
Sonia Blaney
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Calcium Deficiency ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Eating Behaviours

Abstract Background Malnutrition is a public health concern in low- and middle-income countries. In Senegal, 35% of adolescent girls are undernourished and 56% are anemic. Methods This study assessed the dietary intake of 14–18-year-old adolescent girls in Dakar, Senegal. Specifically, the study 1) assessed their intake in energy, fibre, macro- and micronutrients, 2) described the types and the quality of the foods they consume, and 3) assessed some of their eating behaviours. Dietary intake was measured using three non-consecutive 24-h recalls from 136 adolescent girls attending two colleges. Energy and nutrient intakes were measured and compared to recommendations. Foods were classified by food group and by whether they were healthy or unhealthy. Adolescents’ daily intake (g) of fruits and vegetables, as well as the proportion of girls who ate breakfast and who consumed three meals a day were calculated. Results Sodium intake was high, while fibre intake was low. On average, 40% of the adolescents’ total energy intake came from fats. Mean intakes of zinc and calcium were higher on the weekend than on weekdays, while the opposite was observed for sodium. Eighty-three percent of adolescents had an inadequate intake of iron and 99% were at risk of calcium deficiency. Approximately 60% of the foods consumed were classified as healthy, however, the majority came from grains. Conclusions Adolescent nutrition deserves attention given the poor quality of their dietary intake which may put them at risk of malnutrition and chronic diseases. These findings may be used to help improve programs targeting Senegalese adolescent girls’ nutrition.

scholarly journals Monotony in the consumption of fruits and vegetables and food environment characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel De Deus Mendonça ◽  
Mariana Souza Lopes ◽  
Patrícia Pinheiro Freitas ◽  
Suellen Fabiane Campos ◽  
Mariana Carvalho de Menezes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Environment ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Program Unit ◽  
Primary Health Care Services ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
Community Trial

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the quantity and diversity in the consumption fruits and vegetables, as well as its relationship with the consumer’s purchase characteristics and food environment. METHODS: Baseline study stemming from a controlled and randomized community trial investigating a sample representative of Primary Health Care services (Health Academy Program) of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. The intake of fruits and vegetables was analyzed in servings/day, whereas diversity was assessed by the Food Frequency Questionnaire. Users were also questioned on the frequency, purchase location and availability of these foods at their households. To assess the consumer’s food environment, commercial establishments within a 1.6 km radius around the program unit sampled were audited. RESULTS: 3,414 adults and older adults (88.1% women) were investigated, as well as 336 commercial establishments, in 18 units of the Health Academy Program. The average consumption of fruits and vegetables was adequate [5.4 (SD = 2.1) servings/day] but monotonous, with average daily intake of two different types. In the establishments audited, a good diversity (77.7% and 85.0%) and variety (74.5% and 81.4%) of fruits and vegetables was observed, although with lower quality of vegetables (60.4%). After adjusting for sociodemographic variables, we identified that knowledge on food crops (p = 0.006), increased monthly availability of fruits at households (p < 0.001), and greater variety of fruits (p = 0.03) and quality of vegetables (p = 0.05) in commercial establishments could improve the quantitative intake of fruits and vegetables, whereas a greater variety of fruits (p = 0.008) would increase consumption diversity. CONCLUSIONS: The intake of fruits and vegetables was quantitatively adequate but monotonous, being influences by the consumer environment. Such results highlight the need for improving educational actions in health services and programs, in addition to acting on the consumer environment, aiming to promote and maintain the adequate and diversified consumption, as recommended by Brazilian guidelines for proper and healthy eating.

scholarly journals Nutritional status and dietary intake among unmarried adolescent girls in rural area of Chittoor district: a community based survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 4034
Author(s):  
S. Uday Kumar Reddy ◽  
Sirshendu Chaudhuri ◽  
Syeda Fathima Amrin ◽  
Gunasekaran Rabeka
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Nutrient Deficiency ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
World Health ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Nutritional status and dietary intake during adolescent period play a crucial role in their mental and physical development. Objectives of the present study were to estimate the prevalence of undernutrition, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), among unmarried adolescent girls in rural area of Chittoor district; to estimate the average daily intake of different macro and micro-nutrients, i.e., calorie, protein and iron, by the same group by 24-hour dietary recall method; and to identify individual and family level determinants for undernutrition and decreased intake of nutrients.Methods: In this cross-sectional community-based survey anthropometric measurements were done, and dietary intake of unmarried adolescent girls was assessed by 24-hour recall method.Results: Majority is suffering from poor nutrient intake. This is more prominent for calcium [25.1-40.9% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA)] and energy intake (68.6-88.9% of RDA). Only 55% of the adolescents get iron supplementation; rests consume minimal iron (8.5gm) on average. Prevalence of thinness and stunting was 29.4% (95% CI: 20.4%, 38.4%) and 21.4% (95% CI: 13.3, 29.5%) respectively. Economic and housing conditions were associated with low dietary intake and poor nutritional status. Considerable cluster-wise variation exists for both the conditions.Conclusions: High prevalence of stunting and thinness together with substantial macro and micro-nutrient deficiency exist among adolescent girls. Existing national programs for this age group needs adequate supervision. Awareness development regarding locally available low-cost nutritious food together with periodic anthropometric measurements is required. 

scholarly journals Assessing dietary intake: Who, what and why of under-reporting

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennie Macdiarmid ◽  
John Blundell
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Dietary Fat ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Dietary Intakes ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Positive Health

AbstractUnder-reporting of food intake is one of the fundamental obstacles preventing the collection of accurate habitual dietary intake data. The prevalence of under-reporting in large nutritional surveys ranges from 18 to 54% of the whole sample, but can be as high as 70% in particular subgroups. This wide variation between studies is partly due to different criteria used to identify under-reporters and also to non-uniformity of under-reporting across populations. The most consistent differences found are between men and women and between groups differing in body mass index. Women are more likely to under-report than men, and under-reporting is more common among overweight and obese individuals. Other associated characteristics, for which there is less consistent evidence, include age, smoking habits, level of education, social class, physical activity and dietary restraint.Determining whether under-reporting is specific to macronutrients or food is problematic, as most methods identify only low energy intakes. Studies that have attempted to measure under-reporting specific to macronutrients express nutrients as percentage of energy and have tended to find carbohydrate under-reported and protein over-reported. However, care must be taken when interpreting these results, especially when data are expressed as percentages. A logical conclusion is that food items with a negative health image (e.g. cakes, sweets, confectionery) are more likely to be under-reported, whereas those with a positive health image are more likely to be over-reported (e.g. fruits and vegetables). This also suggests that dietary fat is likely to be under-reported.However, it is necessary to distinguish between under-reporting and genuine under-eating for the duration of data collection. The key to understanding this problem, but one that has been widely neglected, concerns the processes that cause people to under-report their food intakes. The little work that has been done has simply confirmed the complexity of this issue. The importance of obtaining accurate estimates of habitual dietary intakes so as to assess health correlates of food consumption can be contrasted with the poor quality of data collected. This phenomenon should be considered a priority research area. Moreover, misreporting is not simply a nutritionist's problem, but requires a multidisciplinary approach (including psychology, sociology and physiology) to advance the understanding of under-reporting in dietary intake studies.

scholarly journals Frequent Consumption of Micronutrient-Rich Foods Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Anemia Among Adolescent Girls and Boys in Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. S59-S71
Author(s):  
Marthe Knijff ◽  
Airin Roshita ◽  
Julia Suryantan ◽  
Doddy Izwardy ◽  
Jee Hyun Rah
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cox Regression Analysis ◽  
Adolescent Girls And Boys ◽  
Frequent Consumption ◽  
Reduced Risk

Background: Anemia is a global public health concern. Its devastating consequences include impaired cognitive and motor development, reduced work productivity, and adverse birth outcomes, all of which apply to adolescents, as well as adults and children. Objective: This study aimed to examine the determinants of anemia in Indonesian adolescent girls and boys from Klaten and Lombok Barat districts. Methods: A total of 2150 adolescents who participated in a cross-sectional household survey were included in the analysis. The dietary intake of adolescents was assessed using a 7-day food frequency questionnaire. The relationship between anemia status, dietary intake, and other hypothesized determinants was assessed for adolescent girls and boys on a separate basis, using complex samples Cox regression analysis. Variables were selected for inclusion in multivariate models if they were significantly associated with the dependent variable in univariate models ( P < .05). Results: The prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls and boys was 19% and 5%, respectively. In multivariate analyses, frequent consumption of animal-based iron-rich foods was significantly associated with a lower risk of anemia (prevalence ratio [PR]: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.36-0.97) among adolescent girls, whereas a higher intake of vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables was associated with a reduced risk of anemia (PR: 0.41; 95% CI: 0.20-0.85) among adolescent boys, after adjustment for all potential confounders. Conclusions: Increased consumption of iron- and vitamin A-rich foods through the implementation of gender-responsive Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) interventions is warranted. This should be coupled with improved coverage and quality of iron and folic acid supplementation programs in adolescents.

scholarly journals Dietary Quality Among Older Overweight or Obese Veterans With Dysmobility

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 230-230
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Parker ◽  
Lauren Bergamo ◽  
Will Perez ◽  
Leslie Katzel ◽  
Alice Ryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Dietary Quality ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Average Intake ◽  
The Us ◽  
Taste And Smell

Abstract Older adults have unique dietary challenges due to a myriad of factors including age-related taste and smell changes and lack of nutrition knowledge that increase the risk for poor dietary quality. Healthier dietary quality is associated with higher muscle mass, strength and physical performance which may reduce the development of frailty and disability later in life; however, few studies have examined dietary quality among older Veterans with limited physical functioning. The purpose of this study was to examine overall dietary quality among older, overweight/obese veterans with dysmobility. Habitual dietary intake was assessed at baseline using three, nonconsecutive 24-hour recalls and used to calculate healthy eating index (HEI-2015; higher scores indicate higher diet quality). Twenty-eight participants were included in analysis: 93% male; 54% black; aged=69.5±7.0 years; BMI=35.5±5.4 kg/m2. Means and standard deviations were calculated for average intake of total daily energy (2184±645 kcals) and protein (0.89±0.3g/kg), daily servings of fruits (0.84±0.94) and vegetables (1.3±0.87), and HEI-2015 (52.8±13.4). Overall, 96% consumed fewer than the recommended 5 daily servings of fruits and vegetables and 68% consumed &lt;1.0g/kg/d of protein (1.0-1.3g/kg/d recommended for older adults). Mean HEI-2015 was below the US national average for adults &gt;65 years (2015-2016 NHANES 65+ years: 64.0), suggesting poor dietary quality among our sample. This pilot study suggests that dietary intake quality is suboptimal in older, obese Veterans with disability and highlights the need to identify strategies that improve dietary intake quality of older Veterans who may benefit from obesity and disability management.

scholarly journals Quality Assessment of Fruits and Vegetables using Bio-impedance based Expert System

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 965-970
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
World Health ◽  
Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽  
Health Organization

World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a daily intake of at least 400 grams of fruits and vegetables, to prevent diet related chronic diseases and micronutrient deficiencies. It is essential to ensure the quality of foods consumed by the population on a daily basis. Quality of fruits and vegetables is governed by nutritional level, appearance, flavor and climate. Quality assessment methods should be environment friendly and should also benefit both consumers and farmers by enhancing taste and increasing yield, respectively. Conventionally employed quality assessment methods like bio-chemical analysis, imaging etc. are destructive, inefficient and time consuming. Bio-tissues are made up of cells with selectively permeable cell membranes and this makes them equivalent to resistive-capacitive network. Such a network impedes an alternating current (AC) excitation signal applied to it. This bio-impedance (BI) is measured through LCR meters, impedance analysers and off-the shelf chip based boards. In this work we have developed an accurate, smart and non destructive bio-impedance based quality evaluation technique. BI is measured as magnitude and phase for 7 days for each variety of fruit and vegetable followed by exhaustive frequency (5 kHz-200 kHz), ripening and rot analysis. BI magnitude increases as number of days advance i.e. with ripening and the phase undergoes considerable decrease with rotting. The system is made smart by incorporating an expert system. 178 samples of bio-impedance data are used to train the expert system and supervised classification is done through Random Forest classifier. Any fruit or vegetable can be classified as ’Good’ or ’Bad’ immediately and accurately with a maximum accuracy of 98.57%

scholarly journals Chemical Characterization and Quantification of Silver Nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) and Dissolved Ag in Seafood by Single Particle ICP-MS: Assessment of Dietary Exposure

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4076
Author(s):  
Alfina Grasso ◽  
Margherita Ferrante ◽  
Giovanni Arena ◽  
Rossella Salemi ◽  
Pietro Zuccarello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Single Particle ◽  
Unsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Dietary Exposure ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Environmental Study

This study provides a first insight on the chemical characterization and quantification of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and dissolved Ag in processed canned seafood products, where food-grade edible silver (E174) is not intentionally added nor is the nanoparticle contained in the food contact material. The aim was to evaluate the bioaccumulation potential of AgNPs and to contribute to the assessment of AgNPs and ionic Ag human dietary intake from processed seafood. It is known how seafood, and in particular pelagic fish, is a precious nutritional source of unsaturated fatty acids, protein, and different micronutrients. Nevertheless, it may cause possible health problems due to the intake of toxic compounds coming from environmental pollution. Among emerging contaminants, AgNPs are widely applied in several fields such as biomedicine, pharmaceutical, food industry, health care, drug-gene delivery, environmental study, water treatments, and many others, although its primary application is in accordance with its antimicrobial property. As a consequence, AgNPs are discharged into the aquatic environment, where the colloidal stability of these NPs is altered by chemical and physical environmental parameters. Its toxicity was demonstrated in in-vitro and in-vivo studies, although some findings are controversial because toxicity depends by several factors such as size, concentration, chemical composition, surface charge, Ag+ ions released, and hydrophobicity. The new emerging technique called single-particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (spICP-MS) was applied, which allows the determination of nanoparticle number-based concentration and size distribution, as well as the dissolved element. Our findings highlighted comparable mean sizes across all species analysed, although AgNPs concentrations partly follow a trophic level-dependent trend. The low mean size detected could be of human health concern, since, smaller is the diameter higher is the toxicity. Dietary intake from a meal calculated for adults and children seems to be very low. Although seafood consumption represents only a small part of the human total diet, our findings represent a first important step to understand the AgNPs dietary exposure of the human population. Further studies are needed to characterize and quantify AgNPs in a large number of food items, both processing and not, and where AgNPs are added at the industrial level. They will provide a realistic exposure assessment, useful to understand if AgNPs toxicity levels observed in literature are close to those estimable through food consumption and implement data useful for risk assessors in developing AgNPs provisional tolerable daily intake.

scholarly journals Consumption of fruits and vegetables and probabilistic assessment of the cumulative acute exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides of schoolchildren in Slovenia

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urška Blaznik ◽  
Agneta Yngve ◽  
Ivan Eržen ◽  
Cirila Hlastan Ribič
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Dietary Exposure ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Acute Exposure ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Carbamate Pesticides

AbstractObjectiveAdequate consumption of fruits and vegetables is a part of recommendations for a healthy diet. The aim of the present study was to assess acute cumulative dietary exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides via fruit and vegetable consumption by the population of schoolchildren aged 11–12 years and the level of risk for their health.DesignCumulative probabilistic risk assessment methodology with the index compound approach was applied.SettingSlovenia, primary schools.SubjectsSchoolchildren (n 1145) from thirty-one primary schools in Slovenia. Children were part of the PRO GREENS study 2009/10 which assessed 11-year-olds’ consumption of fruit and vegetables in ten European countries.ResultsThe cumulative acute exposure amounted to 8·3 (95 % CI 7·7, 10·6) % of the acute reference dose (ARfD) for acephate as index compound (100 µg/kg body weight per d) at the 99·9th percentile for daily intake and to 4·5 (95 % CI 3·5, 4·7) % of the ARfD at the 99·9th percentile for intakes during school time and at lunch. Apples, bananas, oranges and lettuce contributed most to the total acute pesticides intake.ConclusionsThe estimations showed that acute dietary exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides is not a health concern for schoolchildren with the assessed dietary patterns of fruit and vegetable consumption.

scholarly journals Evening Meal Types and Family Meal Characteristics: Associations with Demographic Characteristics and Food Intake among Adolescents

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 886
Author(s):  
Francine Overcash ◽  
Cynthia Davey ◽  
Youjie Zhang ◽  
Marla Reicks
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Evening Meal ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Family Meal

Evening meal types and family meal characteristics among adolescents may vary by demographic characteristics and weight status and can negatively impact dietary intake. We used cross-sectional Family, Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study data from parent and adolescent dyads (12–17 years) to examine associations of adolescent evening meal types and family meal characteristics with adolescent and family demographic characteristics, weight status, and dietary intake. Multiple logistic regression models were used to evaluate associations of evening meal types and family meal characteristics with daily intake frequency of foods of interest, adolescent demographic characteristics, SES indicators, and weight status. All evening meal types that were not cooked from scratch showed associations with higher daily intake frequencies of less healthy food groups (fast food, convenience foods, sugar-sweetened beverages). Fast food eaten at home and heat-and-serve/box evening meals were associated with lower daily intake frequency of fruits and vegetables. Weight status, race/ethnicity, and age accounted for differences in associations with agreement regarding family meal characteristics. Agreement with often watching TV while eating, often eating alone and the importance of eating together were associated with daily intake frequency of some food groups. Evening meal types focused on convenience and negative family meal characteristics may adversely influence dietary intake among adolescents.

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