Nutritional Importance of Animal Source Foods

Murphy, Suzanne P.; Allen, Lindsay H.

doi:10.1093/jn/133.11.3932s

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“…In addition to protein, ASFs have a high density of bioavailable micronutrients and are thus often the primary source of some of the most important vitamins and minerals (Murphy and Allen 2003). Moreover, consumption of ASFs also enhance the absorption of micronutrients from plant foods in the same meal (Gibson et al 2006).…”

Section: Wild Foodsmentioning

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“…Most papers followed recent guidelines, which suggest the use of a Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) that includes between 6 and 14 food groups (FAO and FANTA 2007;Kennedy et al 2011). Intake of under-consumed, nutritionally-important food groups such as fruits and vegetables (Hall et al 2009;Boeing et al 2012;WHO and FAO 2004;Siegel et al 2014) and animal source foods (ASFs) (Murphy and Allen 2003) was also commonly used by studies identified in this review.…”

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Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

Thilsted²,

et al. 2015

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This paper examines the literature on how biodiversity contributes to improved and diversified diets in developing countries. We assess the current state of evidence on how wild and cultivated biodiversity in all forms is related to healthy diets and nutrition, and examine how economic factors, knowledge and social norms interact with availability of biodiversity to influence both production and consumption choices. The paper identifies areas where evidence is lacking and ways to build synergies between nutrition-sensitive approaches and efforts to ensure sustainability of food systems and the natural environment.

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Section: Wild Foodsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

Thilsted²,

et al. 2015

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“…Many wild foods from the forest were birds and mammals (figure 3 and table 2), which, although consumed infrequently, can make important contributions to micronutrient intake, even in small quantities (Arnold et al 2011;Murphy and Allen 2003). Only 6.1% of individuals had consumed any type of wild animal or bird in the last week, compared with 67.8% of individuals who had consumed domestic meat or fowl in the last Food items which were obtained from the forest < 10% of the time are in boldface.…”

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Wild Foods from Farm and Forest in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Powell

Maundu²,

Kuhnlein

et al. 2013

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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“…On the other hand, animalsource food is energy dense and a source of high biological value protein and micronutrients, making it a valuable food for the young, pregnant and immunosuppressed (Murphy & Allen 2003). For the poor and hungry, the health benefits of animal-source food far outweigh the risks.…”

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The impacts of livestock diseases and their control on growth and development processes that are pro-poor

Perry¹,

Grace

2009

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Poverty is now at the heart of development discourse; we discuss how it is measured and understood. We next consider the negative and positive impacts of livestock on pro-poor development. Taking a value-chain approach that includes keepers, users and eaters of livestock, we identify diseases that are road blocks on the 'three livestock pathways out of poverty'. We discuss livestock impacts on poverty reduction and review attempts to prioritize the livestock diseases relevant to the poor. We make suggestions for metrics that better measure disease impact and show the benefits of more rigorous evaluation before reviewing recent attempts to measure the importance of disease to the poor. High impact of a disease does not guarantee high benefits from its control; other factors must be taken into consideration, including technical feasibility and political desirability. We conclude by considering how we might better understand and exploit the roles of livestock and improved animal health by posing three speculative questions on the impact of livestock diseases and their control on global poverty: how can understanding livestock and poverty links help disease control?; if global poverty reduction was the aim of livestock disease control, how would it differ from the current model?; and how much of the impact of livestock disease on poverty is due to disease control policy rather than disease itself?

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Nutritional Importance of Animal Source Foods

Cited by 402 publications

References 21 publications

Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape

Wild Foods from Farm and Forest in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

The impacts of livestock diseases and their control on growth and development processes that are pro-poor

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