Micronutrient deficiencies in maternity and child health: a review of environmental and social context and implications for Malawi

Dickinson, Natalie; MacPherson, G. Gordon; Hursthouse, Andrew; Atkinson, John P.

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“…Most of the foods described by the mothers or caregivers were transformed with many recipes, but were not appropriately modified, balanced and diversified for optimal nutrients intakes. This was also observed by other investigators [13,17,33,34]. These results were similar to those of Mishra [35]; Djeukeu et al [36] that conducted another study under similar conditions but for children of 0-59 months and children aged 6 to 14 years respectively.…”

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Feeding Practices, Food and Nutrition Insecurity of infants and their Mothers in Bangang Rural Community, Cameroon

Gouado¹

2014

J Nutr Food Sci

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Feeding Practices, Food and Nutrition Insecurity of infants and their Mothers in Bangang Rural Community, Cameroon

Gouado¹

2014

J Nutr Food Sci

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“…Plant varieties with high level of micronutrients are crossed with high-yielding varieties to obtain plants which are highly productive and give nutritious grain (Dickinson et al, 2009). New varieties of plants are more efficient in taking up microelements from soil.…”

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“…New varieties of plants are more efficient in taking up microelements from soil. This would require more extensive micronutrient fertilization to complement the part taken by plants (Dickinson et al, 2009). It is important that farmers accept new crop varieties.…”

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Biofortification of Food with Microelements

Mushtak¹

2011

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Problem statement: Recently a particular attention was paid to the issue of microelement hunger, also termed hidden hunger. The problem was of global significance, since was related with the public health and concerns over 2 billion people. Approach: The study discusses the state of the art in the research on food biofortification as the sustainable solution to cope with micronutrient deficiencies. Enrichment of food with microelements seems to be the rational method of preventive, not interventionist character. Consuming such food should reduce the intake of mineral supplements containing inorganic salts, whereby microelements posses low bioavailability. Different methods of increasing the density of microelements in food of plant and animal origin (agronomic and biotechnological) are discussed. Results and Conclusion: Using microelements introduced with either fertilizers or feeds in the form which is highly bioavailable should yield plant and animal products containing higher levels of these constituents. Introducing microelements bound to a biomass which serves as a biological carrier is possible by means of the process of biosorption. The method is widely discussed in the literature as wastewater treatment process in which metal cations are removed from effluents and bound with the biomass by postulated ion exchange mechanism. The same process can be used to enrich the biomass with metal cations of nutritional significance. Studies on laying hens fed with new feed additives produced by biosorption yielded higher densities of Fe, Zn, Mn and Cu in eggs content, as compared with the control group which was fed with diet containing inorganic form of microelements.

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“…Zinc usually found in the brain and is bounding with protein 15 . Zinc is an essential micronutrient that promotes human growth 16 . Zinc supplementation also correlated with the increase of appetite 17 .…”

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Thirty Days Snail Biscuit Supplementation Improved Height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) of Malnourished Children in Slum Surabaya

Mahmudiono

Firginingtyas

Rachmah

2017

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ABSTRAKLatar belakang: Malnutrisi masih menjadi masalah gizi utama yang dialami di Indonesia. Dinas Kesehatan Kota Surabaya pada tahun 2009 melaporkan sebesar 1,888 (1.39%) dari 136,155 balita mengalami gizi buruk. Penyebab gizi buruk terdiri dari faktor langsung dan tidak langsung, dimana faktor langsung terdiri dari penyakit infeksi dan asupan makanan. Salah satu alternatif yang dapat digunakan adalah penggunaan tepung bekicot sebagai makanan pendamping. Bekicot diketahui sebagai salah satu sumber protein dengan kandungan asam amino esensial yang lengkap. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efek pemberian biskuit bekicot (Achatina fulica) pada perbaikan z-score berat badan menurut usia dan tinggi badan menurut usia balita gizi buruk di Kelurahan Ujung, Surabaya. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain studi eksperimental dengan pembagian dua kelompok; kelompok intervensi yang diberikan biskuit bekicot selama 30 hari dan kelompok kontrol yang diberikan biskuit kelapa dalam jangka waktu yang sama. Uji statistik yang digunakan yaitu paired ttest. Hasil: Hasil analisis menunjukkan tidak ada efek pemberian biskuit bekicot selama satu bulan pada indeks status gizi berat badan menurut umur (BB/U) (p-value>0,05). Namun, intervensi pemberian biskuit bekicot secara statistik mempengaruhi perbaikan status gizi tinggi badan menurut usia (TB/U) pada balita gizi buruk, sedangkan biskuit kelapa tidak mempengaruhi TB/U balita gizi buruk (pvalue=0,84). Kekuatan pengaruh intervensi berdasarkan perhitungan Exp(B)=1,02, artinya bahwa balita gizi buruk yang mengonsumsi biskuit bekicot memiliki 1,02 kali perbaikan yang lebih baik pada status gizi TB/U dibandingkan balita yang mengonsumsi biskuit kelapa. Kesimpulan: Dapat disimpulkan bahwa biskuit bekicot dapat menjadi alternatif perbaikan status gizi balita gizi buruk. Penelitian selanjutnya disarankan dapat memperpanjang durasi intervensi hingga 90 hari seperti anjuran pemerintah dalam pemberian makan tambahan. ABSTRACTBackground: Indonesia is now still suffering from malnutrition. It was reported that at least 1.39% out of 136,155 children under-five in Surabaya were severely. Severe malnutrition caused by direct factors including infectious diseases and food intake. Therefore, an alternative to overcome that problem is crucial, such as using snail flour for a weaning food. Snail is known as one of the good protein source with complete essential amino acid. Objective: This research aims to determine the effect of snail biscuit (Achatina fulica) toward z-score improvement in severely malnourished children under five according weight for age and height for age index in Ujung sub-district, Surabaya. Methods: This was an experimental research which divided into two groups; case group that given snail biscuit for a month and control group that given coconut biscuit in a same time period. Paired ttest was done to analyze the different between before and after treatment. Results: The result showed that there was no effect of snail biscuit to weight-for-age z-score (WAZ)...

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Micronutrient deficiencies in maternity and child health: a review of environmental and social context and implications for Malawi

Cited by 25 publications

References 91 publications

Feeding Practices, Food and Nutrition Insecurity of infants and their Mothers in Bangang Rural Community, Cameroon

Feeding Practices, Food and Nutrition Insecurity of infants and their Mothers in Bangang Rural Community, Cameroon

Biofortification of Food with Microelements

Thirty Days Snail Biscuit Supplementation Improved Height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) of Malnourished Children in Slum Surabaya

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