Title
Dietary diversity and micronutrients adequacy in women of childbearing age: Results from elans study
Date Issued
01 July 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gómez G.
Previdelli Á.N.
Fisberg R.M.
Kovalskys I.
Fisberg M.
Herrera-Cuenca M.
Sanabria L.Y.C.
García M.C.Y.
Rigotti A.
Guajardo V.
Quesada D.
Murillo A.G.
Brenes J.C.
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
Dietary diversity, an important component of diet quality, is associated with an increased probability of adequate micronutrient intake. Women of childbearing age (WCA) are particularly vulnerable to micronutrient inadequacy. The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) has been used widely as a proxy measurement of micronutrient adequacy. This study aimed to assess the association between MDD-W and nutrients adequacy among WCA of eight Latin American countries. Nutrient intakes from 3704 WCA were analyzed with two 24-hour dietary recalls. Dietary diversity was calculated based on ten food groups with a cut-off point of intake ≥5 groups. The mean dietary diversity score was 4.72 points, and 57.7% of WCA achieved MDD-W. Vitamin D and E showed a mean Nutrient Adequacy Ratio (NAR) of 0.03 and 0.38, respectively. WCA with a diverse diet (MDD-W > 5) reported a significantly higher intake of most micronutrients and healthy food groups with less consumption of red and processed meats and sugar-sweetened beverages. MDD-W was significantly associated with the mean adequacy ratio (MAR) of 18 micronutrients evaluated. Nevertheless, even those women with a diverse diet fell short of meeting the Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) for vitamins D and E. MDD-W is an appropriate tool to evaluate micronutrients adequacy in WCA from Latin America, showing that women who achieved the MDD-W reported higher adequacy ratios for most micronutrients and an overall healthier diet.
Start page
1
End page
16
Volume
12
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nutrición, Dietética
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85087667584
PubMed ID
Source
Nutrients
ISSN of the container
20726643
Sponsor(s)
The ELANS field work was originally supported by a scientific grant from the Coca Cola Company (Atlanta, GA, USA) and by grants and/or support from the ILSI Latin American branches (Argentina, Brazil, Sur Andino, Nor Andino), Instituto Pensi/Hospital Infantil Sabara, Universidad de Costa Rica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Colombia, Universidad Central de Venezuela/Fundación Bengoa, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and Instituto de Investigación Nutricional de Perú. The International Life Science Institute (ILSI)-Mesoamerica support the open access publication fees for this manuscript. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, the decision to publish, or the preparation of this manuscript.
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