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

Kinabo, Joyce; Mamiro, Peter; Mwanri, Akwilina; Bundala, Nyamizi; Kulwa, Kissa; Picado, Janeth; Ntwenya, Julius; Nombo, Aneth; Mzimbiri, Rehema; Ally, Fatma; Salmini, Asha; Juma, Abuu; Macha, Elizabeth; Cheung, Edith; Msuya, John

dc.creator	Kinabo, Joyce
dc.creator	Mamiro, Peter
dc.creator	Mwanri, Akwilina
dc.creator	Bundala, Nyamizi
dc.creator	Kulwa, Kissa
dc.creator	Picado, Janeth
dc.creator	Ntwenya, Julius
dc.creator	Nombo, Aneth
dc.creator	Mzimbiri, Rehema
dc.creator	Ally, Fatma
dc.creator	Salmini, Asha
dc.creator	Juma, Abuu
dc.creator	Macha, Elizabeth
dc.creator	Cheung, Edith
dc.creator	Msuya, John
dc.date	2021-05-18T08:24:43Z
dc.date	2021-05-18T08:24:43Z
dc.date	2019
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T14:01:42Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T14:01:42Z
dc.identifier	Kinabo, 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.identifier	DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i4.28
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3083
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3083
dc.description	Full text Article. Also available at https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i4.28
dc.description	A 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.language	en
dc.publisher	Makerere university medical school (Uganda)
dc.subject	Foods nutrient
dc.subject	ProPAN software
dc.subject	Dietary
dc.subject	Protein
dc.subject	Iron
dc.subject	Calcium
dc.subject	Nutrition education
dc.subject	Caregivers
dc.subject	Micronutrients
dc.title	Adequacy of macro and micronutrients in infants and young children’s diets in Zanzibar, Tanzania
dc.type	Article