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Tanzania's vitamin supply of the past

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

Reference: Oltersdorf, U. (1971). Comparison of Nutrient Intakes in East Africa. Proceedings of a conference held in Blantyre, Malawi, International Biological Programme, 7 Marylebone road, London, NW1, England.

PDF: Comparison of nutrient intakes in East Africa

Vitamin status/recommendations in Bukoba district in 1953 and 1954

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

Nutrient supply in the Kidugalo village 1965-1967

Nutrient intake (daily variations):

• Iron
  
• Vitamin A
  
• Thiamine
  
• Ribovlavin
  
• Nicotinic acid
  
• Vitamin C
  

PDF: Nutrition status survey in the Kidugalo village 1965-1967

Composition and nutritive value of dietary 1939

PDF: Composition and nutritive value of dietary 1939

Did the people of the Tabora region fulfill their nutrient requirments 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 requirments, intakes and sources

PDF: Report of a dietary survey in Tabora region_1967

Vitamin deficiencies in Tanzania

The following report provides information on:

Survey name	Year	Survey area	Topics
Nutritional studies in Tanzania	1967	Moshi Tanga Mwanza Nzega	Anthropometric data for newborn infants
	1967	Wagogo Sandawe Wameru Masai Warufiji	Heights and weights Mean skinfold thickness during famine or drought
	1967	Dar-es Salaam	School feeding trial near Dar-es Salaam (height, weight, haemoglobin)
	1967	Tanzania	Protein calorie malnutrition, Annual incidence of Kwashiorkor, Anaemia, Endemic goitre, Comparison of effects of withdrawing cabbage from and of adding iodine to the diet, Goitre incidence in certain areas of Tanzania, other deficiency states, Nutritional factors and other conditions, Flurosis, Number of deficiency signs

PDF: Nutritional studies in Tanzania_1967

Reprinted from THE WORLD REVIEW OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS Vol. 7, Latham, M. C, "Nutritional Studies in Tanzania, (Tanganyika), Copyright (1967), 31-71, with permission from S. Karger AG.

Investigations into health and nutrition in North-East Tanzania

This report provides you with data on the following areas:

Date of survey	Survey area
January 1965 to April 1966 February and March 1965 February 1965 March 1965 September to December 1965 January 1966	Bumbuli A Bumbuli B Chakichani Maranzara Upare Leguruki Soni Mulungui

PDF: Nutrition and health in Usambara

Was the nutrient supply in the Kilimanjaro area sufficient before 1968?

This survey on nutrition and diet carried out from the 5th until the 17th of August 1968 provides you with this information

• Constribution of nutrients by various foods
  
• Calorie supply of children
  
• Data on nutrient intake
  

Where did Usambara people derived their vitamins from?

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
  

The nutrition situation in the Pangani Basin 1966-1967

This article provides you with information and data sources of vitamins and deficiency diseases

• This article provides you with information and data sources of vitamins and deficiency diseases
  
• Food pattern:
  1. Prevalence of meal per area
  2. Analysis of breakfasts, suppers and main dishes
  3. Glossary of common foods and dishes
  
• Clinical findings
  1. Protein-calorie malnutrition
  2. Vitamin A deficiency
  3. Thiamine deficiency
  4. Riboflavine deficiency
  5. Vitamin D deficiency
  6. Fluorine excess
  7. Infection Signs
  8. Riboflavine, niacin, iron deficiency
  
• Biochemistry
  

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

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