Dried small fish provide nutrient densities important for the first 1000 days.

Autor: Byrd KA; WorldFish, Bayan Lepas, Malaysia., Pincus L; WorldFish, Bayan Lepas, Malaysia., Pasqualino MM; Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Muzofa F; WorldFish, Lusaka, Zambia., Cole SM; WorldFish, Lusaka, Zambia.; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Maternal & child nutrition [Matern Child Nutr] 2021 Oct; Vol. 17 (4), pp. e13192. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 04.
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13192
Abstrakt: Inadequate nutrient intakes are prevalent among many populations in sub-Saharan Africa and increasing fish consumption among pregnant/lactating women and children is one strategy to improve diets and address nutrient deficiencies. We report the nutrient content of two fish-based recipes-fish powder and fish chutney-that contain dried small fish available in local markets in Zambia. The contribution of a serving of each recipe to the recommended daily intakes of iron, zinc, calcium and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) for pregnant/lactating women and children 6-24 months was calculated because these nutrients are commonly deficient in African diets. We found that one 10-g serving of fish powder provides 20% or more of the daily calcium recommendation and 37% or more of the daily DHA recommendation for both pregnant/lactating women and children. A 30-g serving of fish chutney provides over 40% of the daily calcium recommendation for pregnant women and over 50% for lactating women. Additionally, we investigated the nutrient density (nutrients per kilocalorie) of the fish powder and compared it with the nutrient density of a small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement plus (SQ-LNS-plus). SQ-LNS-plus is designed to enhance children's diets by providing micronutrients and DHA. Fish powder is similar to SQ-LNS-plus in iron and zinc density and even higher in calcium and DHA density. Consuming dried small fish as part of a daily meal can be a viable strategy for combatting nutrient deficiencies in the first 1000 days.
(© 2021 The Authors. Maternal & Child Nutrition published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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