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- Title
Small Fish Big Impact: Improving Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation, and Empowerment for Marginalized Women.
- Authors
Saha, Manika; Ng, Heidi; Odjidja, Emmanuel Nene; Saha, Mallika; Olivier, Patrick; McCaffrey, Tracy A.; Thilsted, Shakuntala Haraksingh
- Abstract
Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies such as anemia are considered significant public health challenges in Bangladesh, which enhancing fish consumption is a well-established food-based intervention to address these. This paper documents the establishment of community-based fish chutney production and reports the impact of its consumption on mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and hemoglobin (Hb) levels among targeted 150 pregnant and lactating women (PLW) in rural Bangladesh. A fish chutney was developed using locally available ingredients followed by a series of laboratory tests, including nutrient composition, shelf-life and food safety. A community-based fish chutney production process was designed to: (1) supply locally available ingredients for processing; (2) establish two fish drying sites; (3) initiate a community-based production site; and (4) distribute fish chutney to PLW for one year by six women nutrition field facilitators. Then a pre- and post-intervention study was designed for a selected 150 PLW to receive 30 g of fish chutney daily for 12 months. Differences in mean MUAC and Hb levels pre- and post-consumption were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance. Consumption of 30 g of fish-chutney resulted in significant increases of the mean values of Hb levels and MUAC among the targeted PLW.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; PREVENTION of malnutition; ARM circumference; FOOD consumption; SELF-efficacy; RESEARCH funding; NATURAL foods; PUERPERIUM; HEMOGLOBINS; MOTHERS; FOOD security; PSYCHOLOGY of women; FISHES; FOOD service; COMMUNITIES; NUTRITIONAL requirements; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LACTATION; RURAL health services; PRE-tests &; post-tests; ONE-way analysis of variance; FOOD supply; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Nutrients, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 12, p1829
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu16121829