Bliznashka Lilia, Pather Kamara, Mitchodigni Irene M, Hess Sonja Y, Olney Deanna K
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Matern Child Nutr. 2024 Dec 10:e13747. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13747.
Unhealthy diets, including low fruit and vegetables (F&V) intake, contribute to morbidity and mortality related to non-communicable diseases. Designing culturally appropriate interventions to improve diets and F&V intake requires an in-depth understanding of individual-level dietary patterns, household consumption patterns, and nutritional status resulting from inadequate F&V intake. In this scoping review, we summarised the literature on diets, F&V intake, and nutritional status in Benin. We searched PubMed from 2012 to August 2024 to identify articles on diets and nutritional status, and from 2002 to August 2024 to identify articles on F&V intake. We included 36 articles on diets, 27 on F&V intake, and 16 on nutritional status. Existing literature demonstrated that Beninese diets are cereal-based and monotonous, characterised by low diversity and low F&V intake across all population groups. Available evidence indicated a high burden of undernutrition in children <5 years of age, a rising prevalence of overnutrition in women of reproductive age, and a high prevalence of overnutrition in adults. Evidence on how diets and F&V intake vary by urban/rural location, season, and socioeconomic characteristics was limited and inconsistent. Two evaluations of garden irrigation programmes assessed impacts on women's dietary diversity and F&V consumption. Additional research is needed to improve our understanding of diets, F&V intake, and diet-related nutritional challenges and how they evolve over time and across different population groups. Understanding these gaps can help identify entry points and targets for interventions to improve diet quality and F&V intake in Benin.
不健康的饮食，包括水果和蔬菜（F&V）摄入量低，会导致与非传染性疾病相关的发病和死亡。设计符合文化背景的干预措施以改善饮食和F&V摄入量，需要深入了解个体层面的饮食模式、家庭消费模式以及因F&V摄入量不足而导致的营养状况。在这项范围综述中，我们总结了关于贝宁饮食、F&V摄入量和营养状况的文献。我们检索了2012年至2024年8月的PubMed，以识别关于饮食和营养状况的文章，并检索了2002年至2024年8月的文献，以识别关于F&V摄入量的文章。我们纳入了36篇关于饮食的文章、27篇关于F&V摄入量的文章和16篇关于营养状况的文章。现有文献表明，贝宁人的饮食以谷物为主且单一，其特点是所有人群的饮食多样性低且F&V摄入量低。现有证据表明，5岁以下儿童营养不良负担较重，育龄妇女超重患病率呈上升趋势，成年人超重患病率较高。关于饮食和F&V摄入量如何因城乡位置、季节和社会经济特征而有所不同的证据有限且不一致。两项对花园灌溉项目的评估评估了其对妇女饮食多样性和F&V消费的影响。需要进一步的研究来提高我们对饮食、F&V摄入量以及与饮食相关的营养挑战的理解，以及它们如何随时间和不同人群而演变。了解这些差距有助于确定干预措施的切入点和目标，以改善贝宁的饮食质量和F&V摄入量。
