Ghanaians Might Be at Risk of Inadequate Dietary Intake of Potassium
Joint Authors
Yawson, David Oscar
Adu, Michael Osei
Ason, Benjamin
Boateng, Emmanuel
Quansah, Reggie
Armah, Frederick Ato
Source
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Adequate dietary intake of potassium (K) helps fight noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), mainly hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
This paper (i) estimated the K intake of Ghanaian population using food supply and food composition data and (ii) compared this estimate with the WHO recommended requirement for K in order to assess if there is a risk of inadequate K intake.
Food supply data (1961–2011) was obtained from the FAO Food Balance Sheet (FBS) to derive trends in food and K supply.
The average food supply in the FBS for 2010 and 2011 was used in assessing the risk of inadequate dietary intake of K.
The K contents of the food items were obtained from food composition databases.
The mean K supply per capita per day was approximately 856 mg.
The assessment suggests a potentially large risk of inadequate dietary K supply at both individual and population levels.
The results suggest the need for assessing options for managing K deficiency, including assessment of K supplying power of soils and K fertilizer management in food crop production systems, as well as empirical estimates of K content of food items (including those underreported in the FBS) and mixed diets in Ghana.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yawson, David Oscar& Adu, Michael Osei& Ason, Benjamin& Armah, Frederick Ato& Boateng, Emmanuel& Quansah, Reggie. 2016. Ghanaians Might Be at Risk of Inadequate Dietary Intake of Potassium. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1109584
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yawson, David Oscar…[et al.]. Ghanaians Might Be at Risk of Inadequate Dietary Intake of Potassium. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Yawson, David Oscar& Adu, Michael Osei& Ason, Benjamin& Armah, Frederick Ato& Boateng, Emmanuel& Quansah, Reggie. Ghanaians Might Be at Risk of Inadequate Dietary Intake of Potassium. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1109584
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1109584