Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa
A serious public health challenge may be envisaged in central Africa, especially with a growing population, rapid westernization of traditional African diets and increasing demand for sufficient essential nutrients and bioactive compounds. However, having the second largest tropical rainforest basin...
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2019
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| author | Fungo, R. Tieguhong, J.C. |
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| description | A serious public health challenge may be envisaged in central Africa, especially with a growing population, rapid westernization of traditional African diets and increasing demand for sufficient essential nutrients and bioactive compounds. However, having the second largest tropical rainforest basin in the world, forest foods that are widely consumed in Central Africa contain adequate essential nutrients such as carotenoids, flavonoids, proanthocyanins, polyphenols, vitamins C and E, Fe, Se, Ca and Na. This review purports that forest foods can considerably contribute towards meeting human nutrient requirements by replacing imported western foods that are generally more expensive and lower in essential nutrients. We recommend that forest foods should be considered in setting nutrition education strategies and formulating policies governing food and nutrition security in Central Africa. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1055882025-11-12T05:44:01Z Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa Fungo, R. Tieguhong, J.C. diet human nutrition forest products nutrients nutrition education policies A serious public health challenge may be envisaged in central Africa, especially with a growing population, rapid westernization of traditional African diets and increasing demand for sufficient essential nutrients and bioactive compounds. However, having the second largest tropical rainforest basin in the world, forest foods that are widely consumed in Central Africa contain adequate essential nutrients such as carotenoids, flavonoids, proanthocyanins, polyphenols, vitamins C and E, Fe, Se, Ca and Na. This review purports that forest foods can considerably contribute towards meeting human nutrient requirements by replacing imported western foods that are generally more expensive and lower in essential nutrients. We recommend that forest foods should be considered in setting nutrition education strategies and formulating policies governing food and nutrition security in Central Africa. 2019 2019-10-31T14:34:51Z 2019-10-31T14:34:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105588 en Open Access application/pdf Juniper Publishers Fungo, R.; Tieguhong, J.C. (2019) Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa. Nutrition and Food Science International Journal 8(3): 555737. ISSN: 2474-767X |
| spellingShingle | diet human nutrition forest products nutrients nutrition education policies Fungo, R. Tieguhong, J.C. Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa |
| title | Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa |
| title_full | Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa |
| title_fullStr | Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa |
| title_short | Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa |
| title_sort | nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in central africa |
| topic | diet human nutrition forest products nutrients nutrition education policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105588 |
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