Seasonal trends of nutrient intake in rainforest communities of north-eastern Madagascar.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We collected dietary records over the course of nine months to comprehensively characterize the consumption patterns of Malagasy people living in remote rainforest areas of north-eastern Madagascar.

Design

The present study was a prospective longitudinal cohort study to estimate dietary diversity and nutrient intake for a suite of macronutrients, micronutrients and vitamins for 152 randomly selected households in two communities.

Setting

Madagascar, with over 25 million people living in an area the size of France, faces a multitude of nutritional challenges. Micronutrient-poor staples, especially rice, roots and tubers, comprise nearly 80 % of the Malagasy diet by weight. The remaining dietary components (including wild foods and animal-source foods) are cri

SUBMITTER: Golden CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260550 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature