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Nutrient-Dense African Indigenous Vegetables and Grains in the FAO Food Composition Table for Western Africa (WAFCT) Identified Using Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) Scores
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: Received: 3 August 2024 / Approved: 5 August 2024 / Online: 5 August 2024 (10:24:33 CEST)
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Lara-Arevalo, J.; Laar, A.; Chaparro, M. P.; Drewnowski, A. A. Nutrient-Dense African Indigenous Vegetables and Grains in the FAO Food Composition Table for Western Africa (WAFCT) Identified Using Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) Scores. Preprints2024, 2024080292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0292.v1
Lara-Arevalo, J.; Laar, A.; Chaparro, M. P.; Drewnowski, A. A. Nutrient-Dense African Indigenous Vegetables and Grains in the FAO Food Composition Table for Western Africa (WAFCT) Identified Using Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) Scores. Preprints 2024, 2024080292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0292.v1
Lara-Arevalo, J.; Laar, A.; Chaparro, M. P.; Drewnowski, A. A. Nutrient-Dense African Indigenous Vegetables and Grains in the FAO Food Composition Table for Western Africa (WAFCT) Identified Using Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) Scores. Preprints2024, 2024080292. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0292.v1
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Lara-Arevalo, J., Laar, A., Chaparro, M. P., & Drewnowski, A. A. (2024). Nutrient-Dense African Indigenous Vegetables and Grains in the FAO Food Composition Table for Western Africa (WAFCT) Identified Using Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) Scores. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0292.v1
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Lara-Arevalo, J., Maria Pia Chaparro and and Adam Drewnowski. 2024 "Nutrient-Dense African Indigenous Vegetables and Grains in the FAO Food Composition Table for Western Africa (WAFCT) Identified Using Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) Scores" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0292.v1
Abstract
Nutrient profiling (NP) models that assess nutrient density of foods can help remedy micronutrient deficiencies. We used NP methods to identify the most nutrient-rich foods in the 2019 FAO/INFOODS Western Africa Food Composition Table (WAFCT). The WAFCT had complete data for 909 foods. Three versions of the well-established Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) model were used: 1) the original NRF9.3; 2) a new NRF6.3 based on 6 priority micronutrients (iron, zinc, calcium, folate, vitamin A, vitamin B12); and 3) NRF 15.3, based on 15 nutrients to encourage (NRF6.3 nutrients + vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, copper, and magnesium). Data analyses used one-way ANOVAs and independent t-tests, with significance at α=0.05. Animal-source foods were rated higher by NRF6.3 priority micronutrient and NRF15.3 NP models than by the NRF9.3 model. African indigenous vegetables had higher protein content and higher nutrient density compared to non-indigenous vegetables. African indigenous grains had higher nutrient density compared to non-indigenous grains. Though animal-source foods received some of the highest scores, NP models adapted to the West African context showed that African indigenous vegetables and grains were also nutrient rich. Indigenous foods could be important sources of priority micronutrients for the region.
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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