| The food of Near East, North West and Western African regions. | |
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PMID: 14505995 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Among the countries that can be classified as Near East Africa, North West Africa, and Western Africa, there is a great diversity of foods and dietary patterns. Prevalence of undernourishment as defined by FAO using dietary energy supply data, varies dramatically among these countries, with Tunisia in the lowest prevalence category (<2.5%), and Sierra Leone in the highest prevalence category (>35%). Throughout the 1960's, the dietary energy supply of North West African and Western African countries was similar. However, since the 1970s a great and consistent improvement has been seen in North and North West African countries. Both the proportion and number of undernourished in North Africa is now very similar to that of North America. Oil use, energy from fat, and protein from plant versus animal sources account for a large part of the food pattern differences between countries in these regions. Using Tunisia and Sierra Leone as examples again, dietary diversity as measured by the percentage of energy from foods other than starchy staples, is about 50% in the former, while in the latter, it is only 36%. Fatty fruits such as olives, cocoa and palm fruit have a special role in both the diet and the economies of the region. |
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Authors:
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Barbara Burlingame |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition Volume: 12 ISSN: 0964-7058 ISO Abbreviation: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Publication Date: 2003 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-09-24 Completed Date: 2004-04-23 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9440304 Medline TA: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Country: Australia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 309-12 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Nutrition Assessment and Evaluation, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome, ITALY. Barbara.Burlingame@fao.org |
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Africa
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epidemiology Agriculture Developing Countries Diet / statistics & numerical data, trends* Energy Intake Food Habits* Food Supply Humans Meta-Analysis as Topic Nutrition Disorders / epidemiology* Sierra Leone / epidemiology Tunisia / epidemiology |
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