Kinabo Joyce, Mamiro Peter, Mwanri Akwilina, Bundala Nyamizi, Kulwa Kissa, Picado Janeth, Ntwenya Julius, Nombo Aneth, Mzimbiri Rehema, Ally Fatma, Salmini Asha, Juma Abuu, Macha Elizabeth, Cheung Edith, Msuya John
Department of Food Technology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P. O. Box 3006, Morogoro.
Apartado LC-13 Managua, Nicaragua.
Afr Health Sci. 2019 Dec;19(4):3063-3077. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v19i4.28.
A study was conducted in Zanzibar using ProPAN software to assess nutrient adequacy of foods given to infants and children aged 6-23 months old in Zanzibar.
The 24-hr dietary recall method embedded in ProPAN software was used to determine the adequacy of energy, protein, iron, calcium, zinc and vitamin A in foods consumed by children. Sample of 200 mothers/caretakers with children aged 6-23 months were interviewed.
Most frequent foods given to infants and children were tea, bread, white rice and fish. Key nutrients such as iron, zinc and vitamin A were below the recommended levels except for vitamin C from the diets consumed by children aged 11-23 months. Energy and protein were considered to be adequate as more than 90% of the children received enough of these nutrients. Mean age of introduction of complementary foods was four months.
Children diets were limited in fruits and vegetables that caused micronutrients of nutritional importance such as iron, zinc and vitamin A to be supplied below recommended level. Equally, fat intake was below recommended level. Nutrition education on appropriate complementary foods should be given to caregivers. Promotion of consumption of diversified diets and locally available nutrient dense foods should be emphasized so as to achieve adequate intake of nutrients to infants and young children.
在桑给巴尔进行了一项研究，使用ProPAN软件评估提供给桑给巴尔6至23个月大婴幼儿的食物的营养充足性。
采用ProPAN软件中嵌入的24小时膳食回顾法，确定儿童所食用食物中能量、蛋白质、铁、钙、锌和维生素A的充足性。对200名有6至23个月大孩子的母亲/照料者进行了访谈。
给予婴幼儿最常见的食物是茶、面包、白米和鱼。除了11至23个月大儿童所食用膳食中的维生素C外，铁、锌和维生素A等关键营养素低于推荐水平。能量和蛋白质被认为是充足的，因为超过90%的儿童获得了足够的这些营养素。引入辅食的平均年龄为四个月。
儿童饮食中水果和蔬菜有限，导致铁、锌和维生素A等具有营养重要性的微量营养素供应低于推荐水平。同样，脂肪摄入量也低于推荐水平。应向照料者提供关于适当辅食的营养教育。应强调促进多样化饮食和当地可得的营养密集型食物的消费，以便婴幼儿实现充足的营养摄入。
