BACKGROUND The benefits of herbal and other natural products (dietary supplements) are increasingly cited in the media. Dramatic increases in use reported during the last decade have led to growing concerns about efficacy and safety. METHODS To determine which dietary supplements American adults use, whether the prevalence has continued to increase in recent years, and whether popularity of i...

OBJECTIVE The indigenous food environment, dietary intake and nutritional status of women in the Santhal tribal community of Jharkhand were assessed. Contribution of indigenous foods to nutritional status and nutrient intakes was explored. DESIGN Exploratory cross-sectional study with a longitudinal dietary intake assessment component. Household and dietary surveys were conducted to elicit in...

BACKGROUNDS/OBJECTIVES The effects of malnutrition on growth of toddlers and preschoolers by socioeconomic status are not well known. This study aimed to examine the effects of dietary intake on growth outcomes in toddlers and preschoolers by household income level. SUBJECTS/METHODS The study population was a total of 1,687 children aged 1 to 5 years that participated in the KNHANES from 2009...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a community-based dietary intervention to reduce risk of micronutrient inadequacies in high-phytate maize-based Malawian diets. DESIGN Quasi-experimental post-test design with a non-equivalent control group. SETTING Four villages in Mangochi District, Southern Malawi. PARTICIPANTS Households with children aged 3-7 years in two intervention (n = 200) a...

In this study, we examined dietary diversity of women in cassava farming households South-West, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to collect data on 352 comprising 212 members (158 child-bearing age (20-49 years) and 54 above 49 between December 2019 March 2020 Oyo Ogun States The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) questionnaire adapted obtain the scores (DDS) child bear...

Fish plays an important role in the Bangladeshi diet, constituting the main and often irreplaceable animal food in rural households. Fish consumption is dominated by wild small indigenous fish species (SIS). The vitamin A content in SIS varies from less than 100 to more than 2,500 retinol equivalents (RE) per 100 g of raw edible parts. This study assessed the dietary contribution of vitamin A, ...

Fish is generally regarded as a primary source of protein for many poor African fishing communities. The present study compared the relative importance of fish as a high-quality dietary protein source with meat in fishing communities in two states in Nigeria. Fifty fishing households in which active fishing was the primary activity and fifty non-fishing households (agriculture being stated as p...

Abstract Seasonal variations in agriculture is a major contributor to undernutrition many agrarian economies. While recent studies have highlighted the role of markets improving nutrition, relative importance smoothing food consumption across seasons remains largely unexamined. Using data from Sierra Leone, this paper analyses whether access local mitigates seasonal fluctuations household dieta...