Non-farmed fish contribute to greater micronutrient intakes than farmed fish: results from an intra-household survey in rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Fish is the most important animal-source food (ASF) in Bangladesh, produced from capture fisheries (non-farmed) and aquaculture (farmed) sub-sectors. Large differences in micronutrient content of fish species from these sub-sectors exist. The importance of fish in diets of vulnerable groups compared with other ASF; contribution from non-farmed and farmed species to nutrient intakes; and differences in fish consumption among age, gender, wealth groups and geographic regions were analysed, using quantitative intra-household fish consumption data, focusing on the first 1000 d of life.

Design

Two-stage stratified sample.

Setting

Nationally representative of rural Bangladesh.

Subjects

Households (n 5503) and individuals (n 24 198).

Results

Fish cons

SUBMITTER: Bogard JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5468797 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature