Traditional food consumption and its nutritional contribution to Guasaganda, Central Ecuador
Year: 2017
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: foods were consumed during the studied period.Traditional Food Diversity Score (TFDS) showed that about 9 locally cultivated and wild foods, merged, are eaten in a day period.We also observed the diversity by food groups, resulting in a median Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) of 6, which is higher than the cut-off of 5, and indicates that the diet is adequate in most micronutrients.Medicinal plants contributed to dietary diversification but not in energy or nutrient intake as they are consumed in infusions.Because FVS, TFDS and MDD-W are proxy indicators of the dietary adequacy, we proceeded to quantify nutrient intakes.To evaluate if the studied women consumed the adequate amount of nutrients, we divided the energy intake and 9 studied nutrients by the Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) to report Nutrient Adequacy Ratios (NAR).EAR was used since it covers the requirements of the 50 % of the population.The NAR for protein, total carbohydrates, fat, iron, zinc and vitamin C was higher than one, meaning that enough or more than the required amount of these nutrients was consumed.Consequently, we calculated the Mean Adequacy Ratio which is the sum of all NAR (truncated to one) divided by 10 (nutrients) and the result was 0.84, suggesting that the general diet is adequate for some of its nutrients.
Authors: Peñafiel Anchundia, Dolores Daniela
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2789266127