Diet and nutritional status of adolescent girls in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Research summary
The ZANE Study (Estudo do Estado Nutricional e da Dieta em Raparigas Adolescentes na Zambézia) focuses on the nutrition of adolescent girls in Zambézia Province, Central Mozambique. Our aim was to study the food consumption, dietary intake and nutritional status among 15 to 18-year-old adolescent girls. Data was collected in 2010 during two seasons and in one city and two districts. . Our research questions include: What is the prevalence of stunting, thinness, overweight and deficiencies of vitamins and minerals? What are the main food sources of energy, protein and micronutrients in the diet? What is the fatty acid status of the girls? Are dietary patterns or dietary diversity scores associated with blood concentrations of vitamins and minerals? Are there differences in diet and nutritional status between urban and rural girls?
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Research title
Diet and nutritional status of adolescent girls in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Research timeline
1.1.2009 - 1.12.2014
Keywords
adolescent deficiency diet dietary diversity fatty acid folate food iodine iron Nutrition overweight rural selenium stunting thinness undernutrition urban vitamin A zinc
Region
Africa
Countries
Finland, Mozambique
Institution
University of Helsinki
Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, Division of Nutrition
Helsinki, Finland
Head of research
Marja Mutanen
Research team
Riitta Freese, Liisa Korkalo, Helena Hauta-alus
Partners
Food Security and Nutrition Association (ANSA), Mozambique
Contact information
Marja Mutanen
marja.mutanen@helsinki.fi
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Record last updated
4.6.2014