Publication: Dietary Iron Intake and Availability in Hill Tribe and Urban Women, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand
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2020-01-01
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15435237
03670244
03670244
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Mahidol University
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Ecology of Food and Nutrition. (2020)
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Doungtawan Sang-ngoen, Carol Hutchinson, Warapone Satheannoppakao, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul Dietary Iron Intake and Availability in Hill Tribe and Urban Women, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. (2020). doi:10.1080/03670244.2020.1737041 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/53526
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Dietary Iron Intake and Availability in Hill Tribe and Urban Women, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand
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© 2020, © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Data were collected as part of a cross-sectional study. The objectives were to compare dietary intakes of iron and enhancers and inhibitors of non-heme iron absorption in hill tribe and urban women of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, and compare iron- and vitamin C- containing foods sold in markets in both settings. Dietary data were collected using three 24- hour recalls from 128 women aged 19–50 years (hill tribe: n = 65; urban n = 63), and proportions of low-, medium- and high-iron/vitamin C containing foods were surveyed in local markets. Hill tribe women consumed less iron, animal protein, vitamin C and calcium, but market availability of iron/vitamin C foods was similar. Future interventions should focus on food choice modification, to improve intakes of iron and foods that enhance its absorption, especially among hill tribe women.