Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Intake of Adolescents in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Oldewage‐Theron, Wilna; Egal, Abdulkadir; Moroka, Tshidi

doi:10.1080/03670244.2014.959944

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“…The majority of studies were conducted within eight of South Africa's nine provinces (i.e. the country's principal administrative districts); specifically: Eastern Cape (n = 3), 72,75,76 Free State (n = 1), 71 Gauteng (n = 25), 22,26,31,32,[35][36][37]40,46,[48][49][50][51][52][56][57][58][61][62][63]69,[77][78][79][80] KwaZulu -Natal (n = 3), 23,59,60 Limpopo (n = 4), 28,29,81,83 Mpumalanga (n = 8), 44,45,[66][67][68]73,82,86 North West (n = 9) 25,27,30,42,47,64,…”

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A review of adolescent nutrition in South Africa: transforming adolescent lives through nutrition initiative

Wrottesley

Pedro

Fall

et al. 2019

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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In South Africa, urbanisation is associated with substantial burdens of adolescent overweight and obesity, making teenagers vulnerable to longer-term non-communicable diseases. In addition, as potential future parents, the nutritional status of adolescents is increasingly recognised as a key driver of health and well-being in the next generation. This review reported on the available literature examining nutritional status and dietary intakes and practices, as well as their determinants, in South African adolescents. Study design and methods: Medline (Pubmed), Web of Science and EMBASE were searched for relevant articles published between 1994 and May 2018. Applicable search terms and phrases were identified in study titles and/or abstracts and fulltext articles were reviewed according to inclusion/exclusion criteria. Data were extracted according to specific review objectives. Results: A total of 67 relevant studies were identified. Only one study used a biochemical marker to describe adolescent nutritional status (vitamin D status; 25(OH)D). Overweight and obesity prevalence increased in South African adolescents over the reference period, with national increases of 6% in boys and 7% in girls between 2002 and 2008. Girls and urbandwellers were particularly vulnerable to excess adiposity. Dietary intakes demonstrated a transition towards energy-dense, processed foods high in sugar and fat, but low in essential micronutrients. Food choices were driven by the adoption of obesogenic behaviours in the teenage years, including irregular breakfast consumption and fewer family meals, increased snacking and low levels of physical activity. Conclusion: South African adolescents-particularly girls-are increasingly burdened by obesity as a result of urbanisationassociated shifts in dietary intake and eating behaviours. However, the implications for micronutrient status and long-term nutritional health are not known. Additionally, more data on the clustering of diet, activity and sedentary behaviours in adolescent boys and girls is needed, as well as on behaviour patterns to facilitate healthy growth and reduced adiposity.

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A review of adolescent nutrition in South Africa: transforming adolescent lives through nutrition initiative

Wrottesley

Pedro

Fall

et al. 2019

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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“…To our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to develop and evaluate a food and nutrition literacy scale in children using a mixed method. Several studies have developed nutrition knowledge questionnaires in children, but not nutrition literacy [64,65,66,67,68]. It’s rarely been the case where children’s food and nutrition literacy explored through both expert and children’s perspectives [25,30].…”

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Developing and validating a scale to measure Food and Nutrition Literacy (FNLIT) in elementary school children in Iran

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“…Participants recalled a single day and night (24-hour) of dietary intake. Local names of the food items were used and matched with another validated questionnaire from a study conducted in South Africa [16]. Both open and list based methods were applied to capture the consumption of food items within the food groups.…”

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Available food options at local shops in relation to food insecurity among older adults in Sharpeville, South Africa

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Oldewage‐Theron³

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Due to limited resources and complex food access systems in urban areas, especially older adults are more vulnerable to poor dietary intake and food insecurity in low-income areas in South Africa. This study assessed the prevalence of food insecurity among the older adults and explored the availability of healthy foods in local shops. It was a crosssectional study conducted in an eldercare centre in Sharpeville, South Africa with an estimated representative sample of 88 participants. Validated tools were used to measure the socioeconomic , dietary diversity intake (24-hour dietary recall), household food security and access from the participants. Listing of available foods was carried out on street vendors (n=13) and spaza shops (local community shops) (n=17) within a four kilometre radius of the centre through on-site visit. A binary logistic regression was used to examine the determinants of food insecurity among older adults. More than half (54.5%) of the older adults reported severe household food insecurity. In this study, 34.1% of the older adults consumed foods from <5 food groups in a day out of the 10 food groups. A large number of respondents did not consume any nuts or seeds (n=64, 72.7%), eggs (n=75, 85.2%), dark green leafy vegetables (n=64, 72.7%) or vitamin Arich fruits and vegetables (n=47, 53.4%). On the other hand, in terms of food availability, fruits and vegetables were more common in street vendors whereas, fish, meat, and high calorie or salt containing snack were more available in spaza shops. All spaza shops sold high calorie or salt containing snack products (such as soda drinks, chips). Households with under-five children were 2.42 times food insecure than the households without any under-five children (p < 0.05), and the participants who experienced money shortage always or often to buy food and clothes were more food insecure (p < 0.05). Nutrition education along with ensuring availability and easy access to healthy foods in the market are necessary to ensure sustainable food security of older adults.

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Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Intake of Adolescents in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Cited by 26 publications

References 23 publications

A review of adolescent nutrition in South Africa: transforming adolescent lives through nutrition initiative

A review of adolescent nutrition in South Africa: transforming adolescent lives through nutrition initiative

Developing and validating a scale to measure Food and Nutrition Literacy (FNLIT) in elementary school children in Iran

Available food options at local shops in relation to food insecurity among older adults in Sharpeville, South Africa

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