Cassava intake and vitamin A status among women and preschool children in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationFederal University of Agriculture, Nigeriaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ibadanen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/29604en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129436en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestPlus
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1932-6203en
cg.issue6en
cg.journalPLOS ONEen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaCASSAVAen
cg.volume10en
dc.contributor.authorMoura, Fabiana F. deen
dc.contributor.authorMoursi, M.en
dc.contributor.authorLubowa, A.en
dc.contributor.authorHa, B.en
dc.contributor.authorBoy, Ericken
dc.contributor.authorOguntona, B.en
dc.contributor.authorMaziya-Dixon, B.B.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-25T11:59:12Zen
dc.date.available2016-05-25T11:59:12Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/74427
dc.titleCassava intake and vitamin A status among women and preschool children in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeriaen
dcterms.abstractBackground: As part of the HarvestPlus provitamin A-biofortified cassava program in Nigeria we conducted a survey to determine the cassava intake and prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among children 6-59 months and women of childbearing age in the state of Akwa Ibom. Methods: A cluster-randomized cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2011 in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. The usual food and nutrient intakes were estimated using a multi-pass 24-hour recall with repeated recall on a subsample. Blood samples of children and women were collected to analyze for serum retinol, serum ferritin, and acute phase proteins as indicators of infection. Vitamin A deficiency was defined as serum retinol <0.70 μmol/L adjusted for infection. Results: A total of 587 households of a mother-child dyad participated in the dietary intake assessment. Cassava was very widely consumed in Akwa Ibom, mainly as gari or foofoo. Daily cassava consumption frequency was 92% and 95% among children and women, respectively. Mean (±SD) cassava intake (expressed as raw fresh weight) was 348 ± 317 grams/day among children and 940 ± 777 grams/day among women. Intakes of most micronutrients appeared to be adequate with the exception of calcium. Median vitamin A intake was very high both for children (1038 μg RAE/day) and women (2441 μg RAE/day). Red palm oil and dark green leafy vegetables were the main sources of vitamin A in the diet, with red palm oil alone contributing almost 60% of vitamin A intake in women and children. Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency ranged from moderate (16.9 %) among children to virtually non-existent (3.4 %) among women. Conclusion: Consumption of cassava and vitamin A intake was high among women and children in Akwa Ibom with a prevalence of vitamin A deficiency ranging from moderate in children to non-existent among women. The provitamin A biofortified cassava and other vitamin A interventions should focus dissemination in states where red palm oil is not widely consumed.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDe Moura, F.F., Moursi, M., Lubowa, A., Ha, B., Boy, E., Oguntona, B. & Maziya-Dixon, B. (2015). Cassava intake and vitamin A status among women and preschool children in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria. PloS one, 10(6), 0129436.en
dcterms.issued2015-06-17
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/4923en
dcterms.subjectvitamin aen
dcterms.subjectcarotenoidsen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectbiofortificationen
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectplant breedingen
dcterms.subjectretinolen
dcterms.subjectmicronutrient deficienciesen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.subjectretinolsen
dcterms.subjectfood consumptionen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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