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Micronutrient Intake Profile of Egyptian Women in Reproductive Ages

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Clinical trials and cohort studies, with an emphasis on methods for assessing dietary exposures

Abstract

Women in low-and middle-income nations face major public health issues related to micronutrient deficiencies. From every region of Egypt, samples of women of fertile age who were neither pregnant nor lactating were chosen at random in several governorates. 4694 women between the ages of 18 and less than 50 years old participated in this study from 2015-2020. Using data from the participant's social relationships, daily consumption, and anthropometric measures, the micronutrient nutritional status was assessed. The results showed that most of the sample participants were between the ages of 25 and 35. In upper Egypt districts women made up 75.1% of university graduates. The frontier regions had the highest numbers of illiteracies, whereas Lower Egypt had the lowest. The highest percentages of professionals working were found in urban areas (37.1%) and upper Egypt (32.4%). Female unemployment was the highest in frontier areas (58.2%). The sample was overweight (29.1%) and obese (49.0%). Females consumed more minerals than they needed, such as sodium and copper. While intake of potassium, calcium, and magnesium fell below 50% of the reference daily intake (RDI). Furthermore, the utilization of phosphorus, iron, and zinc fell within the permissible ranges of 77-81%, 77-84%, and 92-105%, respectively. Upper Egypt regions were found to have the lowest vitamin A intake (51%) while the frontier region had the highest rate (122%). All water-soluble vitamins, with the exception of vitamin B1, were above 75% of RDI. This study indicated present poor dietary practices among women and their need for additional nutrition education.  

DOI

10.21608/bnni.2022.279993

Keywords

Egyptian Governorates, Women, Micronutrient intake, National Egypt intake 2020

Authors

First Name

Salwa

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Field Studies and Survey- National Nutrition Institute, Cairo, Egypt

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Cairo

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First Name

Hanaa

Last Name

Elsayed

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H

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Department of Nutritional chemistry and metabolism- National Nutrition Institute, Cairo, Egypt

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hanaa_hamad2003@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Hoda

Last Name

El Gezery

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M

Affiliation

. Department of Field Studies and Survey- National Nutrition Institute, Cairo, Egypt

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hodamasoud17@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Mostafa

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EM

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. Department of Field Studies and Survey- National Nutrition Institute, Cairo, Egypt

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dr_asmaa707@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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Volume

60

Article Issue

2

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36271

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2023-01-12

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2022-12-01

Page Start

212

Page End

241

Print ISSN

1110-0974

Online ISSN

2537-0987

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BNNI_Volume 60_Issue 2_Pages 212-241.pdf

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Bulletin of the National Nutrition Institute of the Arab Republic of Egypt

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22 Jan 2023