Suboptimal vitamin B intakes of Zambian preschool children: Evaluation of 24-hour dietary recalls

cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0379572118760373en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestPlus
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0379-5721en
cg.issn1564-8265en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalFood and Nutrition Bulletinen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume39en
dc.contributor.authorTitcomb, Tyler J.en
dc.contributor.authorSchmaelzle, Samantha T.en
dc.contributor.authorNuss, Emily T.en
dc.contributor.authorGregory, Jesse F.en
dc.contributor.authorTanumihardjo, Sherry A.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:57:46Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:57:46Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171137
dc.titleSuboptimal vitamin B intakes of Zambian preschool children: Evaluation of 24-hour dietary recallsen
dcterms.abstractHidden hunger affects individuals who chronically consume an inadequate intake of at least 1 micronutrient and is associated with low dietary diversity. Little data are available on dietary intake or status assessment of B vitamins among preschool children in Zambia.The aim of this study was to assess 24-hour dietary recall records obtained from Zambian children aged 3 to 7 years for B vitamin intake in relation to adequacy and change over time in the same community.Twenty-four-hour dietary recalls were collected from 2 studies that were 2 years apart in the same district of Zambia. Data were retrospectively analyzed for B vitamin intake, that is, biotin, vitamin B12, folate, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, riboflavin, and thiamin. The estimated average requirement (EAR) cut point method was used to assess inadequacy prevalence for EARs established by the Institute of Medicine in the United States.For all B vitamins, mean values were below the EARs established for children 4 to 8 years old. Relative to the EAR, children had the highest intakes of vitamin B6 with inadequacies of 77.9% and 60.1% in 2010 and 2012, respectively. The highest prevalence of inadequate intake was associated with folate, where ≥95% of the children had intakes below the EAR in both studies.All median vitamin B intakes were inadequate among these young children in rural Zambia. Future researchers and policy makers may need to consider B vitamin status in resource-poor areas of the country.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2018-03-11
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTitcomb, Tyler J.; Schmaelzle, Samantha T.; Nuss Emily T.; Gregory Jesse F.; and Tanumihardjo Sherry A. 2018. Suboptimal vitamin B intakes of Zambian preschool children: Evaluation of 24-hour dietary recalls. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 39(2): 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572118760373en
dcterms.extentpp. 281-289en
dcterms.issued2018-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dcterms.subjectbiotinen
dcterms.subjectvitamin b12en
dcterms.subjectfolic aciden
dcterms.subjectniacinen
dcterms.subjectpantothenic aciden
dcterms.subjectpyridoxineen
dcterms.subjectriboflavinen
dcterms.subjectthiamineen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectnutritional statusen
dcterms.subjecthungeren
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjecttrace elementsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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