Nutritional and Health Consequences of Seasonal Fluctuations in Household Food Availability

Bidinger, P. D.; Nag, Barnali; Babu, P. Srinivasa

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“…In the Papua New Guinea study, the authors [29] commented that there were no seasonal changes but that these communities ate largely root crops that were harvested throughout much of the year. In the Andhra Pradesh study [4] the seasonal changes were not statistically significant. This Indian study shows the levelling effects of a complex and sophisticated interaction between a single major crop and a system of wage payments, credits, and price-support schemes.…”

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“…The data from an Indian village in Andhra Pradesh [4] are not given quantitatively, but the authors indicate that only a small and non-significant decrease in body weight and other anthropometric indicators occurred during the rainy season. The number of days worked was higher at this time and food intake did not vary throughout the year.…”

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Seasonal Variations in Nutritional Status in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature

Teokul¹,

Payne

Dugdale

1986

Food Nutr Bull

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Section: Seasonal Weight Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Seasonal Variations in Nutritional Status in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature

Teokul¹,

Payne

Dugdale

1986

Food Nutr Bull

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No need for water supplementation for exclusively breast-fed infants under hot and arid conditions

Almroth

Bidinger

1990

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygi

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This study was conducted in 4 villages in India during the hottest and driest season of the year to determine whether exclusively breast-fed infants need additional water under extremely hot and dry climatic conditions. The ambient temperature was 35-40 degrees C and the relative humidity 10-35%, except during the early morning hours. 63 urine samples were collected from 31 infants below 6 months of age and 28 samples from 13 infants aged 6-10 months, all of whom were receiving nothing but breast milk. Specific gravity (and corresponding osmolality) of urine samples from the younger group ranged from 1.004 (66 mosmol/litre) to 1.036 (1234 mosmol/litre), with a mean of 1.011 (322 mosmol/litre). For the older group the range was 1.005 (103 mosmol/litre) to 1.029 (978 mosmol/litre) and the mean was 1.015 (468 mosmol/litre). These values are well below levels of urine concentrations known to be attainable by infants of corresponding ages. Thus, even under hotter and drier climatic conditions than have previously been studied, healthy exclusively breast-fed infants do not require additional water. Exclusive breast feeding for the first 4-6 months is therefore a reasonable public health recommendation; it is imperative in areas where contaminated drinking water may contribute to infant morbidity, diarrhoeal disease in particular.

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Seasonality of nutrition

Cliffer¹,

Marshak²,

Schneider³

et al. 2023

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition

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Nutritional and Health Consequences of Seasonal Fluctuations in Household Food Availability

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Seasonal Variations in Nutritional Status in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature

Seasonal Variations in Nutritional Status in Rural Areas of Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature

No need for water supplementation for exclusively breast-fed infants under hot and arid conditions

Seasonality of nutrition

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