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| Vitamin A status among women and chidren Why1 #263797 The available data show that vitamin A deficiency appears to be a marginal problem among children and mothers in the dry savannah zone and the northwest of Nigeria. | - Data from the NFCNS on vitamin A status of children under 5, mothers and pregnant women show that at the national level, 24.8% suffered from marginal deficiency and 4.7% suffered from severe deficiency. Therefore just under 30% were suffering from vitamin A deficiency.
- Deficiencies were highest in the dry savannah (31.3%). Marginal and severe deficiencies were similar in rural and urban areas. Akinyele (2009) analyzed vitamin A status from the NFCNS by geopolitical zone and found that in the NW zone, 3% of under fives had clinical deficiency and 32% had marginal status.
- In adults, mothers with a serum retinol concentration of <30ug/dl were considered as being at risk of vitamin A deficiency, and these were 13.1% of the national sample. At the zonal level the highest prevalence of mothers at risk was in the dry savannah at 19.5%. Mothers with serum retinol concentration of <20 ug were considered as being vitamin A deficient: nationally these were 4.1% of the population.
- Identical standards of deficiency were used for pregnant women: on this basis 19.2% were at risk of deficiency at the national level (being highest in the dry savannah (34.3%)) and 8.8% nationally were regarded as being vitamin A deficient.
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+Citations (2) - CitationsAjouter une citationList by: CiterankMapLink[1] Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security in Rural Nigeria: An Assessment of the Challenges, Information Needs, and Analytical Capacity
En citant: Akinyele O.
Publication info: 2009
Cité par: ORIE Nutrition 12:47 PM 15 May 2013 GMT
Citerank: (6) 263799Iron, Folate and Vitamin B12 status among women and childrenThe available data show that iron deficiency anaemia affects between 19-32% of children under 5 and around a third of mothers, with a higher prevalence among pregnant women.555CD992, 277014A. Immediate determinants (diet and disease)The immediate causes of under nutrition are inadequate dietary intakes and health status. They interact: disease, in particular infectious disease, affects dietary intake and nutrient utilisation.57DE7179, 277366Nigerian experienceVitamin A capsule supplementation appears to be the only nationwide programme in this area. It is integrated with immunisation drives and child health weeks. However the structure’s logistics need to be tightened up and the programme could do with restructuring. 62C78C9A, 279141Nigerian experiencesHealth care in Nigeria has been judged to be in a poor state, especially in rural areas. Although the number of primary health centers across the country suggests reasonable availability, higher level primary health centers are concentrated in the South.62C78C9A, 279198Nigerian experiencesGender Informed Nutrition and Agriculture II, a multisectoral USAID approach to combating hunger, was implemented in Nasarawa, Akwa-Ibom and Kano States. In the first two States, nutrition surveillance was associated with mildly improved child growth and reductions in underweight among the children monitored.62C78C9A, 2796132. National Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NPAFN)The National Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition launched in 2004 was based on the Policy with the overall goal of improving the nutritional status of all Nigerians, particularly of the most vulnerable groups.109FDEF6
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Link[2] Nigeria Food Consumption and Nutrition Survey 2001-2003
En citant: Maziya-Dixon B, I O Akinyele, E B Oguntona, S Nokoe, R A Sanusi and E Harris
Cité par: ORIE Nutrition 10:48 AM 27 June 2013 GMT
Citerank: (3) 263789B. Women's Nutritional StatusData shows that 8-20% of adult women are thin in terms of BMI, depending on region, and that between 10-47% of women in the 5 Programme states are thin. Adolescent girls are particularly at risk of being thin. 555CD992, 263799Iron, Folate and Vitamin B12 status among women and childrenThe available data show that iron deficiency anaemia affects between 19-32% of children under 5 and around a third of mothers, with a higher prevalence among pregnant women.555CD992, 277014A. Immediate determinants (diet and disease)The immediate causes of under nutrition are inadequate dietary intakes and health status. They interact: disease, in particular infectious disease, affects dietary intake and nutrient utilisation.57DE7179
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