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Calories

Tanzania's calorie supply of the past

This article provides interesting insights into the food patterns and nutrient intakes of East Africa's past and highlights the major influencing factors which brought about the changes.

Reprinted from Oltersdorf, U. (1971). Comparison of Nutrient Intakes in East Africa. Proccedings of a conference held in Blantyre, Malawi, International Biological Programme, 7 Marylebone road, London, NW1, England, copyright 1971, with permission from Oltersdorf U.

PDF: Comparison of nutrient intakes in East Africa

Minimum dietary standards for East African natives

• Calorie requirements for the Masai and Kikuyu's
• Dietary requirements of children
• Metabolism at various ages compared with that at maturity
  
• Provisional tables of the marginal requirements for East African natives
  
• Nutrients analysis of Tanganyika diets

  PDF: Minimum dietary standards for East African natives_1940
  

  Calorie recommendations in Bukoba district 1953 and 1954
  

  PDF: East African medical survey, Monograph No. 2_1954
  

  Dietary survey among the Msalabani, Ilonga 1969
  

  This report provides data and information on:
  

• Daily protein and calorie intakes
  
• Protein sources and daily protein variations
  
• Daily variations in food costs
  
• Calorie and nutrient intakes
  

• PDF: Dietary survey in Kilosa district 1969
  

  Did the people of the Tabora region fulfill their calorie requirements in 1967?
  

  Read more about the food habits of the Tabora region in the following article and obtain information and data on:
  

• Food consumed during:
  1. Work
  2. School
  3. Travelling
  4. Illness
  5. Pregnancy and lactation
  

• Food taboos
• Child feeding practices
  
• Food storage and processing
  
• Agriculture
  
• Facilities in the house
  
• Staple foods and their use
  
• Food groups and their contribution to nutrient intake
  
• Calorie and nutrient requirements, intakes and sources
  

  PDF: Report of a dietary survey in Tabora region_1967
  

  Where did Usambara people derive their calories from?
  

  The staple cereal of the Usambara area was maize which provided 40% of the intake of calories and proteins. The importance of maize was much smaller in the coastal area, where the protein poor cassava provided most of the calories. The main protein source in Chakichani near the coast was derived from fish. Only ten miles inland in Maranzara the main protein sources came from beans. The survey reflected that apart from the coastal area the portion of animal protein was highest in Leguruki through the combination of cattle rising with agriculture and the regular milk consumption. Among the areas where the intake of animal protein was low, the main sources of protein were derived from legumes, cassava and wild spinach.
  Read more about the diet and their contribution to nutrient intake and health status in the following article and explore data on:
  

• Amounts of the most important foodstuffs in the total consumption of calories and nutrients in the different survey areas
  
• Average coverage of requirement of the various nutrients and calories in the survey areas
  
• Covering of the nutrient requirements in percent age groups

  PDF: Nutrition and health in Usambara 1966

  Analysis of some important foodstuffs of Usambara 1966-1967

  Chemical analysis on:
  

• Maize grain, whole meal
  
• Home processed flour
  
• Commercial maize flour
  
• Maize, once pounded
  
• Rice, dehusked, not polished
  
• Mandazi
  
• Fresh cassava tubers, peeled
  
• Dried cassava tubers, cleaned
  
• Comparison of nutrient contents referred to dry matter
  
• Fresh bananas for cooking
  
• Dried bananas
  
• Comparison of nutrient contents referred to dry matter
  
• Sweet potatoes
  
• Bean seeds
  
• Fruit bananas, different species
  
• Smoked fish
  
• Comparison of fresh water fish with smoked fish
  
• Nutrient content of some foods commonly used in North-eastern Tanzania
  

  PDF: Nutrition and health in Usambara 1966
  
  The nutrition situation in the Pangani Basin 1966-1967
  

  This article provides you with information and data on where the calories in the Pangani Basin were derived from:
  

  Food patterns
  1. Prevalence of meal per area
  2. Analysis of breakfasts, suppers and main dishes
  3. Glossary of common foods and dishes

PDF: The nutrition situation in the Pangani Basin. Investigations into health and nutrition in East Africa 1967

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