Food Consumption Patterns of Nigerian Adolescents and Effect on Body Weight

Olumakaiye, M.F.; Atinmo, Tola; Olubayo-Fatiregun, M.A.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2008.12.004

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“…Consequently, the mean z-score for weight for age, height for age and weight for height were each found to be significantly lower among the rural pupils than urban pupils (p<0.001). This finding was in agreement with a similar study carried out in Ile -Ife, Osun State which also found the prevalence of underweight, stunted and wasted to be consistently higher among pupils in the rural area compared to pupils in the urban area (Olumakaiye et al, 2010).…”

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Dietary pattern and nutritional status of primary school pupils in a South Western Nigerian state: A rural urban Comparison

Bello¹,

Ekekezie²,

Afolabi³

2016

Afr. J. Food Sci.

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Nutrition may be defined as the process, act, or study of how living things use nutrients for energy, growth, and maintenance. Contrary to widely held notions, malnutrition may be caused by people choosing to eat the wrong types of food, rather than a lack of what to eat. The objectives of the study were to describe the dietary pattern of primary school pupils in an urban and rural local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria and to examine the relationship between dietary pattern and prevalence of malnutrition. This cross-sectional comparative study adopted a multistage random sampling which included all children aged between six and twelve years in primary schools in randomly selected urban and rural local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State. Using interviewer-administered questionnaire, information on socio-demographics, dietary history/pattern, food frequency and anthropometric measurements of selected pupils was obtained. Obtained data were analysed with standardized nutritional indices, and treatment means were compared with bivariate analysis at 95% level of significance. While underweight (49.6% v 15%) and wasting (24.2% v 13.6%) pupils were more prevalent in the rural areas, overweight (15.1% v 13.2%) pupils were more prevalent in the urban areas. Eating patterns among pupils living in the rural areas were significantly different from those living in urban areas, especially with respect to vegetable, snack and fizzy drink consumption. Comprehensive nutritional education programme for pupils, their parents and teachers should be introduced to promote nutritional health.

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Dietary pattern and nutritional status of primary school pupils in a South Western Nigerian state: A rural urban Comparison

Bello¹,

Ekekezie²,

Afolabi³

2016

Afr. J. Food Sci.

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“…26,27 This report show that urban school adolescents skipped meals more than the rural resident, in contrast to the report by Olumakaiye et al where a higher proportion of adolescents who ate three meals daily were domiciled in rural areas. 12 Rural adolescent took less fruits and vegetable frequently compared to the urban adolescents, which could be due to a greater awareness of the values of fruits and vegetables by the urban adolescent, and the probable ignorance and / or inability to afford them by the rural adolescent. The expectation would have been that the rural dwelling adolescent should have access to fresh fruits and vegetables from farm products, but may have poor intake due to the practice of farming principally for commercial purposes in such setting.…”

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“…10,12 Onyiriuka et al 13 reported on weight status and eating habit among 2 097 urban adolescent school girls, showed that 1 009 (48.1%) admitted to skipping at least one meal a fortnight. Over half of the participants (60.2%) ate fast food at least once a week, with more than three-quarters of them (76.4%) consumed fast food along with soft drinks.…”

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Relationship between dietary habits and nutritional status among adolescents in Abuja municipal area council of Nigeria

Otuneye¹,

Ahmed²,

Abdulkarim³

et al. 2017

Nig. J. Paed.

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“…One study of food consumption patterns of Nigerian adolescents in Osun State gave examples of main meals that include boiled rice, stewed rice, bread, pounded yam, bean pudding, stewed beans, yam porridge, and cassava flour products (Olumakaiye and others 2010). Meanwhile, snacks were generally considered to be “finger foods” including biscuits, puff puffs (a type of doughnut), buns, meat pies, fish rolls, doughnuts, and cakes.…”

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Use of Iodized Salt in Processed Foods in Select Countries Around the World and the Role of Food Processors

Ohlhorst¹,

Slavin²,

Bhide³

et al. 2012

Comp Rev Food Sci Food Safe

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Executive Summary: The Micronutrient Initiative (MI) issued the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) a project to assess the extent to which iodized salt is used in processed foods, as well as food processors' level of knowledge on iodine nutrition. Iodine is an essential micronutrient required by the body that is found in a limited number of foods, thus many individuals require additional sources of iodine to meet their daily requirement. Without these additional sources, a range of disorders referred to as iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), including mental impairment, may become present, with over 2 billion people worldwide at risk due to insufficient iodine nutrition. IDD is especially damaging during the early stages of pregnancy and in early childhood. In their most severe form, IDD includes cretinism, stillbirth, and miscarriage, and increased infant mortality. Since 1994 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have recommended universal salt iodization (USI) as a safe, cost-effective, and sustainable strategy to ensure sufficient intake of iodine by all individuals. However, USI has in practice tended to focus only on table salt and not all salt destined for human consumption. Recent trends, particularly in industrialized countries, show that individuals are consuming the majority of their salt through processed foods, in which iodized salt is generally not used, rather than through iodized table salt. Additionally, recent initiatives to encourage reduced sodium consumption have prompted many consumers to reduce their intake of iodized table salt. While these trends in sodium consumption are more frequently observed in industrialized countries, they are expanding into many developing countries where iodine deficiency is also a concern. Thus countries which focus on iodization of table salt alone may not achieve optimal iodine nutrition of their population. This report provides an overview of the 2 Phases of this project. Phase I was to conduct an environmental scan/desk review of processed food consumption patterns in 39 countries selected by MI (see Table 1). Phase II was to conduct an electronic survey of food processors and detailed telephone interviews with a small sample of select company representatives from 16 countries (see Table 2). Per the scope of work, IFT conducted a desk review to determine the types and level of processed food consumption in the 39 countries of interest, as well as to identify suppliers of the major processed foods consumed and the use of salt as an ingredient in those products. Whenever possible, IFT also gathered information on the sodium content of widely consumed processed foods and the sources of salt currently used in these products; the types of processed foods and extent to which they are consumed by different socioeconomic groups; if iodized salt was used in processed foods; and whether or not there are policies in place to influence dietary salt reduction and how these efforts are implemented. For Phase II, IFT reached...

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Food Consumption Patterns of Nigerian Adolescents and Effect on Body Weight

Cited by 25 publications

References 21 publications

Dietary pattern and nutritional status of primary school pupils in a South Western Nigerian state: A rural urban Comparison

Dietary pattern and nutritional status of primary school pupils in a South Western Nigerian state: A rural urban Comparison

Relationship between dietary habits and nutritional status among adolescents in Abuja municipal area council of Nigeria

Use of Iodized Salt in Processed Foods in Select Countries Around the World and the Role of Food Processors

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