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AuthorLaley, Louis C
AuthorKerkadi, Abdelhamid
AuthorWasesa, Abdulkadar Ah
AuthorRao, Madduri V
AuthorAboubacar, Adam
Available date2016-11-15T07:46:13Z
Publication Date2011
Publication NameInternational Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09637486.2010.533159
CitationLouis C. Laleye, Abdel Hamid Kerkadi, Abdulkadar Ah. Wasesa, Madduri V. Rao & Adam Aboubacar (2011) Assessment of vitamin D and vitamin A intake by female students at the United Arab Emirates University based on self-reported dietary and selected fortified food consumption, International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 62:4,370-376
ISSN0963-7486
URIhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/09637486.2010.533159?needAccess=true
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/5002
AbstractIn the United Arab Emirates (UAE), many adolescent girls and women (especially the UAE citizens) are not adequately exposed to sunlight and their dietary intake of vitamin Dis insufficient to fulfill the required recommended daily allowance of the vitamin. In the present study, the problem of vitamin D and vitamin A insufficiency in female students of UAE University was investigated through a dietary intake assessment of the vitamins. Results indicated that over 70% of female students constituting the survey population did not consume enough milk and other vitamin-D-rich foods, and many showed poor food habits. Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency among the population studied indicated that 37% of the total population was considered vitamin D insufficient and 40% of the female students residing in the hostels also had vitamin D insufficiency (5 mg/day) based on self-reported dietary and selected fortified food consumption.
SponsorResearch Affairs at the United Arab Emirates University, grant number 01-02-6-11/05.
Languageen
PublisherTaylor & Francis
SubjectVitamin D insufficiency
self-reported food intake
diet analysis plus
female students
United Arab Emirates
TitleAssessment of vitamin D and vitamin A intake by female students at the United Arab Emirates University based on self-reported dietary and selected fortified food consumption
TypeArticle
Pagination370–376
Issue Number4
Volume Number62
ESSN1465-3478
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