Legume Intake of Childbearing Aged Women in Rural Tajikistan

• Published in: Ecology of food and nutrition Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 109 - 125
• Main Authors: Yarbaeva, Shakhlo N, Giraud, David, Albrecht, Julie A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis Group 02.04.2008; Taylor and Francis
• Subjects: adults; anthropometric measurements; Biological and medical sciences; body mass index; dietary minerals; dietary surveys; Feeding. Feeding behavior; folic acid; food choices; food intake; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology; iron; legumes; Medical sciences; nutrient intake; Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement; obesity; overweight; rural women; skinfold thickness; Tajikistan; underweight; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; waist circumference; women; women of childbearing age; Tajikistan; Asia; Human; women of childbearing age; Vegetables; Rural environment; Anthropometry; legumes; Physiological age; Feeding; Pregnancy; anthropometric measurements; Food intake; Female; Age; Tajikistan

Legume intake among women of childbearing age living in “vilojati” (region) Khatlon of Tajikistan was investigated. Tajik women (n = 151) between 19 and 41 years old completed a survey on legumes. Anthropometric and skinfold measurements were collected with body mass index (kg/m2) of 22.6 ± 4.7, wai...