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Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa

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Title Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa
 
Creator Fungo, R.
Tieguhong, J.C.
 
Subject diet
human nutrition
forest products
nutrients
nutrition education
policies
 
Description A serious public health challenge may be envisaged in central Africa, especially with a growing population, rapid westernization of traditional African diets and increasing demand for sufficient essential nutrients and bioactive compounds. However, having the second largest tropical rainforest basin in the world, forest foods that are widely consumed in Central Africa contain adequate essential nutrients such as carotenoids, flavonoids, proanthocyanins, polyphenols, vitamins C and E, Fe, Se, Ca and Na. This review purports that forest foods can considerably contribute towards meeting human nutrient requirements by replacing imported western foods that are generally more expensive and lower in essential nutrients. We recommend that forest foods should be considered in setting nutrition education strategies and formulating policies governing food and nutrition security in Central Africa.
 
Date 2019
2019-10-31T14:34:51Z
2019-10-31T14:34:51Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Fungo, R.; Tieguhong, J.C. (2019) Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa. Nutrition and Food Science International Journal 8(3): 555737. ISSN: 2474-767X
2474-767X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105588
https://doi.org/10.19080/NFSIJ.2019.08.555737
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Juniper Publishers
 
Source Nutrition and Food Science International Journal