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Nutrient intakes of urban dwellers in Lagos, Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

John Mcfie
John Mcfie
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Lagos, Nigeria
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Abstract

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1. The nutrient contents of diets consumed by families in the lower income groups in Lagos are compared with published values for diets consumed by Nigerians in rural areas.

2. Qualitatively, the dietary patterns of urban dwellers tended to resemble those of the regions from which they had migrated; attention is drawn to certain exceptions.

3. Quantitatively, urban diets resembled those in rural areas in (a) providing a lower proportion, in relation to requirements, of calories rather than of protein; and (b) allowing children lower intakes of all nutrients, in relation to requirements, than adults.

4. Restriction of calorie intake resulted in diversion of dietary protein to energy production, and this in turn led to low mean body-weights of children and of adults.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , May 1967 , pp. 257 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1967

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