Mothers' and children's intakes of vitamin A in rural Bangladesh
| Autor: | Helen C Armstrong, Zeitlin Mf, Ratna Megawangi, Ellen Mara Kramer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Rural Population Vitamin medicine.medical_specialty Diet therapy Nutritional Status Medicine (miscellaneous) Breast milk Protein-Energy Malnutrition chemistry.chemical_compound Environmental health Vegetables medicine Humans Xerophthalmia Vitamin A Poverty Analysis of Variance Bangladesh Nutrition and Dietetics Vitamin A Deficiency business.industry Age Factors Retinol Infant medicine.disease Surgery Religion Vitamin A deficiency Malnutrition Breast Feeding Social Class chemistry Dietary Reference Intake Fruit Female Dietary Proteins Seasons Energy Intake business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 56:136-147 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9165 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ajcn/56.1.136 |
| Popis: | The vitamin A intake of 370 mothers and 183 children 3-27 mo of age in rural Bangladesh was ascertained monthly from January to July in 1986. For mothers, dark green leafy vegetables and fruits were the main sources of vitamin A. Vitamin A from vegetables, the single most important source, did not show consistent associations with wealth or with the other socioeconomic indicators. In May and June, fruits provided wealthier (and more educated) mothers with significantly higher vitamin A intakes than poor mothers, whereas in January the poorer mothers had higher intakes. When breast milk was included, average intakes for children came close to 100% of the recommended dietary allowance; the only other significant source of vitamin A for children was seasonally available mangoes. Fourteen children who had stopped breast-feeding by the end of the study were at very high risk of vitamin A deficiency when fruits were not plentiful. |
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