Dietary intake among adults in Trinidad and Tobago and development of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire to highlight nutritional needs for lifestyle interventions

Ramdath, D. Dan; Hilaire, Debbie G.; Cheong, Kimlyn D.; Sharma, Sangita

doi:10.3109/09637486.2011.572545

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“…The study obtained higher prevalence of underweight among women of food unsecured household. Similar result was reported by another study in Trinidad [42], where authors found significant association of food insecurity with underweight. Women who had genital discharge in last one year were more undernourished; because, vaginal or genital discharge makes women more suspicious to underweight.…”

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Under Weightiness among Ever-married Non-pregnant Women in Bangladesh: A Population Based Study

Rahman¹,

Mondal²,

Islam³

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The increasing prevalence of under weightiness among young women is a growing public health concern. This paper identified the determinant factors of under weightiness among non-pregnant ever-married women in Bangladesh. Data and necessary information of 16,206 non-pregnant ever-married women were extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011. The chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis were used as the statistical tools to analyze the data. The results revealed that the women are found underweight around two times more (15.4% in urban, and 28% in rural) in the rural areas than that of urban areas in Bangladesh. Almost all the factors are found statistically significantly associated with underweight for both urban and rural areas. The binary logistic regression model identified the higher risk of being underweight in the younger age group (15-24 years), illiteracy, husband's illiteracy, having more children, poor economic condition, not having exposure to mass media, household food unsecured, and genital discharged women for both urban and rural areas. The under weightiness among non-pregnant ever-married women for both urban and rural areas are prevalent. Therefore, there is a need for public health programs related to nutrition that are able to address both the areas simultaneously.

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Under Weightiness among Ever-married Non-pregnant Women in Bangladesh: A Population Based Study

Rahman¹,

Mondal²,

Islam³

et al. 2015

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“…Similarly in China, plant commodities were associated with 48% (930) of foodborne disease outbreaks which occurred from 2003–2008 [ 61 ]. There are currently no published reports identifying the food vehicles for the transmission of foodborne disease in T&T. However, a survey of dietary consumption patterns in T&T revealed that 38% of participants regularly ate mixed raw vegetable salad, and a further 22% reported eating raw lettuce or tomatoes, thus the risk of consumption of contaminated produce is very apparent [ 62 ]. This high consumption rate, coupled with low compliance of farmers to Good Agriculture Practices, makes vegetables an important risk factor for foodborne disease [ 63 ].…”

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A Review of Current Research and Knowledge Gaps in the Epidemiology of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in Trinidad and Tobago

Persad

LeJeune

2018

Veterinary Sciences

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Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli are two of the main causes of foodborne disease globally, and while they have been implicated as possible causes of foodborne disease within the Caribbean region, the actual incidence is unknown. Trinidad and Tobago, one of the larger countries in the Caribbean, has an estimated annual foodborne disease burden of over 100,000 cases and, similar to other countries, the etiology of most of these cases is unknown. Both pathogens can reside as part of the normal gastrointestinal microflora of many wild and domestic animals, with animals acting as reservoirs, spillover hosts, or dead-end hosts. Carriage in animal species can be asymptomatic or, in the case of Salmonella in particular, there may be clinical manifestation in animals, which resemble the disease seen in humans. In this review, we will focus on the epidemiology of these two foodborne pathogens in Trinidad and Tobago and identify any knowledge gaps in the published literature. The filling of this critical knowledge void is essential for the development and implementation of appropriate mechanisms to reduce the dissemination and transmission of these pathogens, not only in Trinidad and Tobago, but also in the wider Caribbean.

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“…However certain broad categories, such as peas, beans, treenuts, those referring to fish and those labelled as 'other', were lacking in detail about the specific foods that made up the category. To code these categories in a way that would more closely reflect the Trinidadian diet we referred to the food list of a QFFQ that was recently developed specifically for this population by one of the authors (S.S.) (17) . Using the 146-item food list as a guide, we coded 'peas' as pigeon peas, 'beans' as green beans, and 'treenuts' as almonds and cashew nuts.…”

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“…Another important limitation is the lack of detail regarding the precise make-up of certain commodity groupings, such as types of fish, fruits and vegetables. To try to overcome this issue we populated these categories using information about commonly consumed foods from a QFFQ developed specifically for a Trinidadian population (17) . Although this could give only an approximation of true supply for these categories, it ensured that foods typically consumed in Trinidad and Tobago but which were not already specifically accounted for in the food balance sheets would be represented.…”

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“…Commodities were coded using dietary analysis software, using a list of commonly consumed foods from a population-specific quantitative FFQ (QFFQ) (16) to inform the coding process. A QFFQ with a list of commonly consumed foods for Trinidad and Tobago has since become available (17) . The objective of the present study was to analyse the FAO food balance sheets for Trinidad and Tobago with the aid of this instrument in order to characterise the changes in per capita energy, macronutrient and micronutrient supply that have taken place there between 1961 and 2007.…”

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Trends in energy and nutrient supply in Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 to 2007 using FAO food balance sheets

Sheehy

Sharma

2013

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Objective: Trinidad and Tobago has experienced an epidemiological transition over recent decades characterised by reduced rates of communicable diseases but rapidly increasing rates of obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases. The objective of the present study was to investigate the changes in energy and nutrient supply that have taken place in Trinidad and Tobago between 1961 and 2007. Design: Food balance sheets for each year between 1961 and 2007 were downloaded from the FAOSTAT database and daily per capita supply for seventeen food commodity groupings was calculated. After appropriate coding, energy and nutrient supply were determined using dietary analysis software. Conclusions: Nutritional imbalances in the Trinidadian food supply need to be addressed to combat the rise in nutrition-related chronic disease that is projected to cause increased disability and premature death in the country in the coming years. Keywords Food balance sheets Nutrition transition Nutrient supply Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago is a Caribbean nation (population 1?3 million) situated off the north-east coast of Venezuela. The country is dominated by two major cultural traditions: Creole and East Indian. Creole is a mixture of African elements with Spanish, French and British colonial influences, while the East Indian tradition originated with the arrival of indentured servants from India to work on the sugar plantations after the abolition of slavery in 1833 (1) . Today, the country's multi-ethnic population consists of people of East Indian descent 40?3 %, African descent 39?5 %, mixed descent 18?4 %, Europeans 0?6 %, and Chinese and others 1?2 % (2) . From 1960 to 2009 the average life expectancy of Trinidadians at birth rose from 63?5 to 69?6 years (3) . During the same time period, however, the country has experienced an epidemiological transition characterised by a shift in leading causes of death from communicable to noncommunicable chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancers, cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and hypertensive diseases (4)(5)(6) . In 2004 Trinidad and Tobago ranked 4th highest in the Americas for mortality from non-communicable diseases (7) . Estimated age-standardised mortality rates from CVD, diabetes mellitus and cancers in that year were 364, 128 and 123 per 100 000 population, respectively, compared with 179, 17 and 133 per 100 000 in the USA (7) . Diabetes has become a major public health burden (8) with prevalence rates having increased from 1?3 % in the 1950s to more than 12 % in the 1990s (9) . Total direct and indirect costs attributed to diabetes in Latin America and the Caribbean were estimated at $US 284?5 million in 2000 (10) . This escalating economic burden due to noncommunicable chronic disease is set to continue with the increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome components such as obesity, dyslipidaemia and insulin resistance (11) . The WHO Global InfoBase Obesity Comparison Tool (7) predicted that by 2010 some 81 % of women and 65 % of men in Trinid...

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Dietary intake among adults in Trinidad and Tobago and development of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire to highlight nutritional needs for lifestyle interventions

Abstract: A list of commonly consumed foods in Trinidad and Tobago was obtained and a draft QFFQ was prepared.

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Under Weightiness among Ever-married Non-pregnant Women in Bangladesh: A Population Based Study

Under Weightiness among Ever-married Non-pregnant Women in Bangladesh: A Population Based Study

A Review of Current Research and Knowledge Gaps in the Epidemiology of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in Trinidad and Tobago

Trends in energy and nutrient supply in Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 to 2007 using FAO food balance sheets

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