Adequacy of macro and micronutrients in infants and young children’s diets in Zanzibar, Tanzania

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dc.creatorKinabo, Joyce
dc.creatorMamiro, Peter
dc.creatorMwanri, Akwilina
dc.creatorBundala, Nyamizi
dc.creatorKulwa, Kissa
dc.creatorPicado, Janeth
dc.creatorNtwenya, Julius
dc.creatorNombo, Aneth
dc.creatorMzimbiri, Rehema
dc.creatorAlly, Fatma
dc.creatorSalmini, Asha
dc.creatorJuma, Abuu
dc.creatorMacha, Elizabeth
dc.creatorCheung, Edith
dc.creatorMsuya, John
dc.date2021-05-18T08:24:43Z
dc.date2021-05-18T08:24:43Z
dc.date2019
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T14:01:42Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T14:01:42Z
dc.descriptionFull text Article. Also available at https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i4.28
dc.descriptionA study was conducted in Zanzibar using ProPAN software to assess nutrient adequacy of foods given to infants and children aged 6-23 months old in Zanzibar. The 24-hr dietary recall method embedded in ProPAN software was used to determine the adequacy of energy, protein, iron, calcium, zinc and vitamin A in foods consumed by children. Sample of 200 mothers/caretakers with children aged 6-23 months were interviewed. Most frequent foods given to infants and children were tea, bread, white rice and fish. Key nutrients such as iron, zinc and vitamin A were below the recommended levels except for vitamin C from the diets consumed by children aged 11-23 months. Energy and protein were considered to be adequate as more than 90% of the children received enough of these nutrients. Mean age of introduction of complementary foods was four months. Children diets were limited in fruits and vegetables that caused micronutrients of nutritional importance such as iron, zinc and vitamin A to be supplied below recommended level. Equally, fat intake was below recommended level. Nutrition education on appropriate complementary foods should be given to caregivers. Promotion of consumption of diversified diets and locally available nutrient dense foods should be emphasized so as to achieve adequate intake of nutrients to infants and young children. Keywords: ProPAN, children, nutrient adequacy, Zanzibar.
dc.identifierKinabo, J., Mamiro, P., Mwanri, A., Bundala, N., Kulwa, K., Picado, J., & Msuya, J. (2019). Adequacy of macro and micronutrients in infants and young children’s diets in Zanzibar, Tanzania. African health sciences, 19(4), 3063-3077.
dc.identifierDOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i4.28
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3083
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3083
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMakerere university medical school (Uganda)
dc.subjectFoods nutrient
dc.subjectProPAN software
dc.subjectDietary
dc.subjectProtein
dc.subjectIron
dc.subjectCalcium
dc.subjectNutrition education
dc.subjectCaregivers
dc.subjectMicronutrients
dc.titleAdequacy of macro and micronutrients in infants and young children’s diets in Zanzibar, Tanzania
dc.typeArticle

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