The protein requirements of Nigerian peasant farmers

Nicol, B. M.

doi:10.1079/bjn19590041

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“…Recent studies conducted in different parts of Nigeria have revealed that the majority of the population is undernourished with enough multiple parasitic infections to worsen the growth pattern of children (Nicol, 1959;Edozien, 1965;Omololu, 1972;Hart and Atinmo,1982;Orwell, Clayton and Dugdale, Í984).…”

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A comparative study of the nutritional status of children in urban and rural areas of Kwara state, Nigeria

Ebomoyi

1986

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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The purpose of this study was to compare the nutritional status of children in urban and rural areas of Kwara State, Nigeria. The height, weight, chest, head and mid-upper-arm circumferences of 2,246 Kwaran children aged 2 to 13 years were measured. The preponderance of the weights of both urban and rural Kwaran children were below 99% of Harvard standard. In the rural area (Shao), both the male and female children weighed less than 90% and 99% of Harvard standard, respectively. In the urban school children, 7.6% of the male and 14.9% of the female weighed over 100% of Harvard standard. Children in urban areas had better anthropometric indices compared to their rural counterparts. It was concluded that children in rural areas are at risk of Protein Energy Malnutrition therefore, there is an urgant need for nutritionists, agriculturists and other primary health care workers to form multidisciplinary teams to assist rural dwellers to correct growth deficits in children.

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A comparative study of the nutritional status of children in urban and rural areas of Kwara state, Nigeria

Ebomoyi

1986

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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“…Indeed, early supplementation experiments with children showed that provision of extra milk leads to increased growth 29 " 31 . In retrospect, there are many examples of the average height of children and adults in populations subsisting upon low-protein staple diets being lower than those receiving a higher-protein staple food (for example, Nicol 32 ). Experiments with adults and children show that there are no acute clinical effects of a protein-free diet, apart from weight loss, for at least several weeks.…”

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Oedematous malnutrition

Golden

1998

British Medical Bulletin

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Oedematous malnutrition in the child or adult is not caused by protein deficiency; such a concept can lead to fatal therapeutic error in oedematous malnutrition treatment. On the other hand, deficiency of protein, or the other type II nutrients, is common and causes stunting and wasting. In kwashiorkor, the deficiency is more likely to be due to one or several type I nutrients, particularly those involved with anti-oxidant protection.

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“…The contribution of carbohydrates to the energy of these traditional diets is often 800 or more yo dietary energy, only 100-15oy~ dietary energy being derived from fats and oils. In more developed countries, and among the more privileged classes in developing countries, 300-400 % dietary energy may be supplied by fats and oils, and I Z O -I~O~~ dietary energy by protein (PCrissC, Sizaret & Franqois, 1969;Nicol, 1970).…”

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Endogenous nitrogen excretion and utilization of dietary protein

Nicol

Phillips

1976

Br J Nutr

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1. The endogenous nitrogen losses of men of different ethnic, ecological and socio-economic backgrounds are similar when calculated per unit body-weight or per unit basal energy consumption. The hypothesis that endogenous N losses, adjusted upwards by a factor of 0-30 to equate them with N equilibrium, can be used to derive man's physiological requirements for proteins of high quality, e.g. those of egg and milk, was studied. 2. Men living in Nigeria, accustomed to eat diets which provided mixtures of protein only slightly higher than the 'safe level of intake' proposed by the Joint FAO/WHO ad hoc Expert Committee on Energy and Protein Requirements (FAO/WHO, 1973), were found to use absorbed N more efficiently than University of California students who habitually consume diets which supply a great excess of protein over that 'safe level'. 3. The greater protein-sparing effect of carbohydrates than of fats and oils may play a part in this more efficient use of protein by men living in developing countries. Also, man possesses mechanisms in intermediary metabolism which allow him to adjust to low levels of protein intake. 4. Thus it appears that all apparently healthy men cannot be considered equal in regard to their requirements for protein.

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The protein requirements of Nigerian peasant farmers

Cited by 25 publications

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A comparative study of the nutritional status of children in urban and rural areas of Kwara state, Nigeria

A comparative study of the nutritional status of children in urban and rural areas of Kwara state, Nigeria

Oedematous malnutrition

Endogenous nitrogen excretion and utilization of dietary protein

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