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Predictors of vitamin A rich food consumption among women living in households growing orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in selected regions in Uganda

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Title Predictors of vitamin A rich food consumption among women living in households growing orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in selected regions in Uganda
 
Creator Nankumbi, J.
Grant, F.
Sibeko, L.
Mercado, E.
Kwikiriza, N.
Heck, S.
Cordeiro, L.S.
 
Subject vitamin a deficiency
gender
knowledge
sweet potatoes
biofortification
 
Description Objective: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) has serious public health consequences
including morbidity and mortality for populations in low and middle-income
countries (LMICs), especially for children under 5 years and pregnant women.
LMICs are at greater risk of VAD, in part due to low levels of consumption of
vitamin A-rich foods most of which are plant-based, such as orange-fleshed
sweet potatoes (OFSP), with lower bioavailability than animal sources of the
vitamin A. Food-based approaches such as biofortification of OFSP, including
promoting the consumption of vitamin A-rich biofortified staple crops, has
been shown to be potentially eective in improving the status of vitamin A and
other micronutrients. This study examined vitamin A-rich food consumption
and its predictors among women of reproductive age from OFSP-growing
households in two regions of Uganda.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 617 OFSP growing
households, focusing on women in the reproductive age group from the
northern and eastern regions of Uganda. Households were not receiving any
VAD-related intervention at the time of the survey. Quantitative data included
vitamin A-rich food consumption, knowledge on vitamin A, and rich food
sources dietary intake, using a 7-day food frequency questionnaire. Vitamin
A consumption and risk of deficiency were estimated using the Hellen Keller
International guide.
Results: The majority of women in this study were either pregnant (80%) or
lactating (17%). More than 70% of the study population had a weighted vitamin
A rich food consumption mean score of
 
Date 2023-01-09
2023-02-13T19:28:00Z
2023-02-13T19:28:00Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Nankumbi, J.; Grant, F. K. E.; Sibeko, L.; Mercado, E.; Kwikiriza, N.; Heck, S.; Cordeiro, L. S. 2023. Predictors of vitamin A rich food consumption among women living in households growing orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in selected regions in Uganda. Frontiers in Public Health. ISSN: 2296-2565. 10. 11p.
2296-2565
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128698
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.880166
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 11 p.
 
Publisher Frontiers Media SA
 
Source Frontiers in Public Health