Food Chemistry Division, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Secunderabad, India.
Division of Maternal and Child Health, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Secunderabad, India.
Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Dec;16 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):e13046. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13046.
Meitei is the main ethnic community that belongs to the north-eastern state of Manipur in India. This community is bestowed with rich biodiverse resources with indigenous foods still form an integral part of their diet. However, limited data on the food and nutrient consumption as well as nutritional status of this community are available. This study was carried out on the children, adolescents and women of reproductive age (WRA) of this community from 12 villages, to determine their food consumption pattern and nutritional status. Basic anthropometry and 24-h dietary intake assessment was conducted. The prevalence of underweight was 27%, stunting was 45% and wasting was 12% in children below 5 years. Stunting was observed among 34% of children 5-17 years of age. About 7% of WRA were undernourished, while 28% were overweight or obese. About 55% of 1-7 year-old children had mean probability adequacy of 12 micronutrients <0.5, and the adequacy of individual micronutrients namely vitamin A, E and calcium were low. Dietary determinants such as low dietary diversity score, dietary species richness and the lowest tertiles of different food groups' intake (except for sugars, fish and sea foods and spices and condiments) predicted micronutrient inadequacy. In addition to a high prevalence of undernutrition in children and adolescents and overnutrition in WRA, the effect of various dietary determinants on micronutrient adequacy in the study group of the Meitei community are reported.
梅泰人是印度东北部曼尼普尔邦的主要族群。该族群拥有丰富的生物多样性资源,其本土食物仍然是他们饮食的重要组成部分。然而,关于该族群的食物和营养素消费以及营养状况的数据有限。本研究对该族群的 12 个村庄的儿童、青少年和育龄妇女(WRA)进行了调查,以确定他们的食物消费模式和营养状况。进行了基本人体测量和 24 小时膳食摄入量评估。5 岁以下儿童中体重不足的患病率为 27%,发育迟缓的患病率为 45%,消瘦的患病率为 12%。5-17 岁儿童中发育迟缓的患病率为 34%。约有 7%的 WRA 营养不良,而 28%超重或肥胖。1-7 岁儿童中约有 55%的平均概率充足性得分<0.5,维生素 A、E 和钙等个别微量营养素的充足性较低。膳食多样性得分低、膳食物种丰富度以及不同食物组摄入量的最低三分位数(糖、鱼和海鲜以及香料和调味料除外)等膳食决定因素预测了微量营养素不足。除了儿童和青少年中存在较高的营养不足患病率和 WRA 中存在较高的营养过剩患病率外,本研究还报告了各种膳食决定因素对梅泰族群研究组微量营养素充足性的影响。