Journal article
Suboptimal Vitamin B Intakes of Zambian Preschool Children: Evaluation of 24-Hour Dietary Recalls
Food and nutrition bulletin, Vol.39(2), pp.281-289
06/01/2018
DOI: 10.1177/0379572118760373
PMID: 29528727
Abstract
Hidden 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 B
, folate, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B
, 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 B
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Suboptimal Vitamin B Intakes of Zambian Preschool Children: Evaluation of 24-Hour Dietary Recalls
- Creators
- Tyler J Titcomb - University of Wisconsin–MadisonSamantha T Schmaelzle - University of Wisconsin–MadisonEmily T Nuss - University of Wisconsin–MadisonJesse F Gregory III - University of FloridaSherry A Tanumihardjo - University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Food and nutrition bulletin, Vol.39(2), pp.281-289
- DOI
- 10.1177/0379572118760373
- PMID
- 29528727
- ISSN
- 0379-5721
- eISSN
- 1564-8265
- Grant note
- name: HarvestPlus, award: 8217 and 8256
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984548856002771
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