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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 56, 136-147, Copyright © 1992 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Mothers' and children's intakes of vitamin A in rural Bangladesh

MF Zeitlin, R Megawangi, EM Kramer and HC Armstrong
Tufts University, School of Nutrition, Medford, MA 02155.

The vitamin A intake of 370 mothers and 183 children 3-27 mo of age in rural Bangladesh was ascertained monthly from January to July in 1986. For mothers, dark green leafy vegetables and fruits were the main sources of vitamin A. Vitamin A from vegetables, the single most important source, did not show consistent associations with wealth or with the other socioeconomic indicators. In May and June, fruits provided wealthier (and more educated) mothers with significantly higher vitamin A intakes than poor mothers, whereas in January the poorer mothers had higher intakes. When breast milk was included, average intakes for children came close to 100% of the recommended dietary allowance; the only other significant source of vitamin A for children was seasonally available mangoes. Fourteen children who had stopped breast-feeding by the end of the study were at very high risk of vitamin A deficiency when fruits were not plentiful.


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