The calorie requirements of Nigerian peasant farmers

Nicol, B. M.

doi:10.1079/bjn19590040

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“…Elderly females had even lower ener- gy intakes than the males in absolute terms and as a percentage of RDA during both dry and raining seasons. These values are less than those (11.8 MJ) obtained by Nicol (1959) for both sexes and the 6.75 MJ and 6.58 MJ for rural male and female elderly respectively obtained by Oguntona et al (1988). In both the earlier and present studies, however, carbohydrates supplied the bulk of the energy intake and plant sources supplied the bulk of the protein.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Such baseline data are important for health and social services workers and all those who provide care for the elderly. We know of only two published works (Nicol, 1959 andOguntonal et al, 1988) on the nutrition of the elderly in Nigeria. In fact, the studies of Nicol did not address the elderly separately, but included them in a broader group.…”

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Dietary Survey of Rural Elderly in Nigeria

Oguntona

Kuku

Addo

1999

Journal of Nutrition For the Elderly

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The objectives of this study are to survey the food and nutrient intakc of non-institutionalised elderly in rural Southwestcrn Nigeria and to compare these intakes during the raining season with intakes during the dry season. The subjects consisted of 112 free living elderly persons aged 65-85 years. Food frequency qucstionnaires were combined with 24-hour recall to obtain information on food intake and these were converted to nutrient intake values using food composition Tables. The results show that on avcrage, food intakc increased by 30% during the raining season resulting in about a 20% increase in dietary energy intake to 4.6 MJ for males and 4.35 MJ for females. Comparcd to the RDA, however, this level of intake was bclow requirements, being 58% RDA for female and 60% for male subjects. On average, protein intake was also significantly higher (p c 0.05) during the raining season, ranging from 40 g/d to 50 g/d. Only 10% of total protein intakc was derived from animal sources. Most of the subjects met their RDA for calcium but these were dcrived mostly from plant sources. Intake of iron was marginal when compared with RDA, but intakes of both Thiamin and Riboflavin were inadequate for both males and females during the two seasons. [Article copies avuiloble Jor u fee from The Ha worth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail oddress: gefinfo@ha wortiipressinc.com]

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Dietary Survey of Rural Elderly in Nigeria

Oguntona

Kuku

Addo

1999

Journal of Nutrition For the Elderly

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“…The largest average gains recordedabout 12 pounds ( 5 -5 kg.) among women who delivered babies from mid-February to mid-August-are comparable with averages that have been reported from Nigeria on the basis of indirect evidence (Nicol, 1959;Hauck, 1963) and from direct measurements made on "poor" Indian women working in tea plantations during pregnancy (Venkatachalam, Shankar and Gopalan, 1960); since the mothers of babies born in Keneba during the remainder of the year gained considerably less weight, it may be that the overall average for Keneba is the lowest on record.…”

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“…during pregnancy, and Hytten (1965) has published a theoretical analysis of the components of such gains. Indirect evidence from Nigeria (Nicol, 1959;Hauck, 1963) suggests that similar amounts are gained by pregnant African women.…”

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Body Weight Changes During Pregnancy and Lactation in Rural African (Gambian) Women

Thomson

Billewicz

Thompson

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“…In Nigeria, limited fluctuation of weights and nutritional statuses were observed in the late 1950s, despite lower nutritional intakes throughout the seasonal divide. 77 Thus the incidence and severity of seasonal hunger depended on local circumstances, and the variability of diet did not mean necessarily a deterioration of nutritional status. Although the first postcolonial national nutrition survey, in 1962, endorsed the nutritional leg of the colonial model of seasonal hunger, Hunter was in a position in 1963-4 to give it unprecedented credence by combining data on weight and nutritional status throughout a full agricultural cycle.…”

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FROM LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF SEASONAL HUNGER TO CHANGING EXPERIENCES OF EVERYDAY POVERTY: NORTHEASTERN GHANA C. 1930–2000

Destombes

2006

J. Afr. Hist.

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This article is a West African case-study of the nutritional history of everyday poverty. It draws on unusually rich statistical evidence collected in northeastern Ghana. In the 1930s, pioneer colonial surveys revealed that seasonal poor diet was pervasive, by contrast with undernourishment. They pave the way for constructing a new set of anthropometric data in Nangodi, a savanna polity where John Hunter completed a classic study of seasonal hunger in the 1960s. A re-survey of the same sections and lineages c. 2000, during a full agricultural cycle, shows a significant improvement in nutritional statuses, notably for women.

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The calorie requirements of Nigerian peasant farmers

Cited by 34 publications

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Dietary Survey of Rural Elderly in Nigeria

Dietary Survey of Rural Elderly in Nigeria

Body Weight Changes During Pregnancy and Lactation in Rural African (Gambian) Women

FROM LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF SEASONAL HUNGER TO CHANGING EXPERIENCES OF EVERYDAY POVERTY: NORTHEASTERN GHANA C. 1930–2000

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