Investigation of the Nutrition Problems of Central America and Panama

Abstract

Abstract

Higher agrobiodiversity is associated with improved dietary diversity, but not child anthropometric status, of Mayan Achí people of Guatemala

“…housing conditions, assets ownership, sanitary conditions, income-generating activities). The last category helped to calculate the socio-economic status according to the method used by the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama ( 70 , 71 ) . This method includes the following variables in the calculation: housing conditions, number of household members, economic activity of household head, assets ownership, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).…”

INCAP Studies of Hematologic and Gastrointestinal Function in Healthy Individuals and those with Protein–Energy Malnutrition and Infection

“…Subjects representative of the Central American population were studied by researchers of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) in 1965-67 [1,2]. What follows is a summary of the key hematologic findings from this study, with data from more than 6,500 samples.…”

“…These studies yielded the expected results, given that the main dietary components were based on cereals and pulses. Low bioavailability occurs mainly because of high phytate contents, which inhibit the absorption of nonheme iron [2,26]. The next step was to study the bioavailability of inorganic (nonheme) iron compounds mixed with the main dietary components of such diets.…”

A Simple and Rapid Spectrophotometric method for the determination of Iodate in table salt samples using Pyrogallol red dye

“…Iodization of salt is done by adding 20-80 of iodine per kilogram of salt in the form of sodium or potassium salt of iodide or iodate. In hot climatic conditions like India, iodide is easily oxidized to I 2 and then lost by evaporation, while iodate is more stable, also the chemical stability of iodate is more in alkaline conditions than iodide 3 . Hence, potassium iodate is most commonly used for the fortification of salt in India.…”