农村和城市的加纳母亲对公共卫生的能源和营养摄入量关注,评估的重量食品与推摄入量相比
Prince K Osei1, Megan A McCrory2, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu3
1Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Nutrients
|August 14, 2025
概括
加纳农村的母亲比城市的母亲摄入的能量和营养素更高. 然而,显著的叶酸不足影响了两种环境中近一半的母亲,突出了有针对性的营养干预措施的需要.
科学领域:
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 饮食评估 饮食评估
背景情况:
- 传统的自我报告饮食评估方法容易导致错误报告.
- 准确的饮食摄入量评估对于了解营养状况至关重要.
- 研究人员进行的称重食品记录提供了一种更精确的方法来评估能量和营养消耗.
研究的目的:
- 评估和比较加纳农村和城市母亲的能量和营养摄入量.
- 确定特定的关心营养素,并将摄入量与推营养摄入量 (RNI) 进行比较.
- 为加纳母亲制定有针对性的营养干预措施提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及加纳54名母亲 (26名农村,28名城市) 的横截面研究.
- 采用研究人员进行的权衡食物记录收集的饮食数据超过3天 (2周日,1周末日).
- 用多个国际食品成分数据库的专用软件进行营养素分析.
主要成果:
- 与城市母亲 (1669 kcal) 相比,农村母亲的平均能量摄入量 (2026 kcal) 较高.
- 所有的母亲都达到或超过了维生素A和纤维RNI;然而,在叶酸方面观察到显著的缺陷 (约. 50%的农村和城市母亲),铁 (14.3%的城市母亲) 和 (7.7%的农村,10.7%的城市母亲).
- 宏观营养素对能量摄入的贡献在两个组的推范围内.
结论:
- 农村的母亲通常比城市的母亲消耗更多的能量和营养.
- 尽管一些营养素的摄入量充足,但广泛的叶酸缺乏是农村和城市的加纳母亲们的担忧.
- 调查结果强调,需要进行局部干预,以解决加纳母亲的特定微量营养素缺乏和过量问题.
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