Ariyo Oluwaseun, Alabi Olubunmi, Aleru Elizabeth O, Ojo Tomilola J
Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Food and Consumer Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
Dialogues Health. 2023 Mar 29;2:100130. doi: 10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100130. eCollection 2023 Dec.
Calcium is a vital micronutrient for several physiological processes, yet it remains one of the significant shortfall nutrients among Nigerian adolescents.
This study was designed to assess the effect of emotion-based nutrition messages on the consumption of calcium-rich foods among early adolescents in Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
The quasi-experimental study involved 220 adolescents (experimental: 110 and control: 110) selected using a three-stage sampling procedure. A semi-structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic characteristics, dietary practice, calcium-rich foods consumption pattern, calcium intake, and anthropometric parameters. Second, calcium-rich foods consumption pattern was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire, and intake was evaluated using the multi-pass 24-hour dietary recall to define adequacy at intake level ≥1,300 mg per day. Third, the experimental group had five weeks of nutrition education using emotion-based nutrition messages. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Chi-square test at p < 0.05.
The age of respondents (years) in experimental (12.88±1.41) and control (13.4±1.03) groups was similar. Primary dietary calcium sources were meat, chicken, egg, white beans, cheese, soy milk, oranges, and locust beans at baseline. At post-intervention, intake of other calcium-rich foods such as milk, yogurt, ice cream, okra, sardine, and unripe plantain increased, however, calcium intake remains similar in both control (238.41±92.4 mg; 235.40±92.92 mg) and experimental groups (239.76±51 mg; 241.46±100.89 mg) at baseline and post-intervention, respectively. The overall calcium intake of the adolescents remains below the recommended intake level of 1,300 mg.
Emotion-based nutritional messages did not significantly increase the total calcium intake among early adolescents.
钙是多种生理过程所必需的微量营养素，但它仍是尼日利亚青少年中严重缺乏的营养素之一。
本研究旨在评估基于情感的营养信息对尼日利亚奥贡索早期青少年富含钙食物消费的影响。
这项准实验研究涉及220名青少年（实验组110名，对照组110名），采用三阶段抽样程序选取。使用半结构化、由访谈者填写的问卷收集社会人口学特征、饮食习惯、富含钙食物的消费模式、钙摄入量和人体测量参数。其次，使用食物频率问卷评估富含钙食物的消费模式，并使用多次24小时膳食回顾评估摄入量，以确定每日摄入量水平≥1300毫克时的充足程度。第三，实验组接受了为期五周的基于情感的营养信息营养教育。使用描述性统计和p<0.05的卡方检验分析数据。
实验组（12.88±1.41岁）和对照组（13.4±1.03岁）的受访者年龄相似。基线时，主要膳食钙来源是肉类、鸡肉、鸡蛋、白豆、奶酪、豆浆、橙子和刺槐豆。干预后，牛奶、酸奶、冰淇淋、秋葵、沙丁鱼和未成熟车前草等其他富含钙的食物摄入量增加，然而，对照组（基线时238.41±92.4毫克；干预后235.40±92.92毫克）和实验组（基线时239.76±51毫克；干预后241.46±100.89毫克）的钙摄入量在基线和干预后分别保持相似。青少年的总体钙摄入量仍低于建议的1300毫克摄入量水平。
基于情感的营养信息并未显著增加早期青少年的总钙摄入量。
