来自3个地理区域的尼日利亚成年人的饮食来源:基于人口的横截面研究
Aniekeme George1, Dike Ojji2, Anthony Orji3
1University of Oxford.
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|January 29, 2025
概括
尼日利亚成年人摄入过多的,几乎是推水平的两倍. 家庭食是主要来源,突出了针对性公共卫生政策的需要,以减少摄入量和相关疾病.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 营养 公共卫生 营养
- 饮食研究 饮食研究
- 非传染性疾病的预防和预防.
背景情况:
- 高血压和相关疾病在尼日利亚构成了重大公共卫生挑战.
- 过度饮食摄入量是高血压的关键可修改的危险因素.
- 尼日利亚的政策制定者正在寻求减少人口水平消费的策略.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定尼日利亚成年人中饮食摄入量的水平.
- 确定尼日利亚成年人口中的主要饮食来源.
- 为制定有针对性的政策减少摄入量提供证据.
主要方法:
- 在联邦首都领土,卡诺州和奥贡州进行了基于人口的横截面调查.
- 关于饮食中的摄入量的数据是通过每位参与者使用四个24小时的饮食回忆来收集的.
- 同时收集24小时尿液的数据,以验证饮食摄入量.
- 多变量回归模型分析了社会人口统计学因素和摄入量之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 调整后的每日中位数摄入量为3803毫克,明显高于推水平.
- 男性报告的摄入量高于女性.
- 在家煮的饭菜贡献了三分之二的摄入量,随意来源 (例如,泡菜) 占近一半.
- 在餐桌上添加的盐和yaji香料是重要的来源,特别是在Kano.
- 在Ogun,街头食品是主要的食物来源,特别是在男性中.
结论:
- 调查地区的尼日利亚成年人消耗的摄入量大约是每天推摄入量的两倍.
- 在家做饭,特别是可自行选择的食物,如汁和添加盐/香料,是导致高摄入量的主要原因.
- 调查结果强调,需要采取政策干预措施,如SHAKE包,以解决尼日利亚的饮食减少问题.
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