Effect of dietary fat supplementation during late pregnancy and first six months of lactation on maternal and infant vitamin A status in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-342

  Alam, Dewan S ^a,b   van Raaij, Joop M A ^b   Hautvast, Joseph G A J ^b   Yunus, M ^a   Wahed, M A ^a,c   Fuchs, G J ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Health and Nutrition Wing   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Community based studies; Fat supplementation; Infant; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

RETINOL; SOYBEAN OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RURAL POPULATION; SOYBEAN OIL; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049363946     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i4.6039     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Christian P, West K P, Jr., Khatry SK, Katz J, Shrestha SR, Pradhan EK et al. Night blindness of pregnancy in rural Nepal-nutritional and health risks. Int J Epidemiol 1998;27:231-7.
2. Katz J, Khatry SK, West KP, Humphrey JH, Leclerq SC, Kimbrough E et al. Night blindness is prevalent during pregnancy and lactation in rural Nepal. J Nutr 1995;125:2122-7.
3. Newman V. Vitamin-A and breast-feeding: a comparison of data from developed and developing countries. Food Nutr Bull 1994;15:161-76.
4. West KP, Jr., Katz J, Khatry SK, LeClerq SC, Pradhan EK, Shrestha SR et al. Double blind, cluster randomised trial of low dose supplementation with vitamin A or beta carotene on mortality related to pregnancy in Nepal. BMJ 1999;318:570-5.
5. Underwood BA. Maternal vitamin A status and its importance in infancy and early childhood. Am J Clin Nutr 1994;59(Suppl):517s-24s.
6. Bloem MW, Huq N, Gorstein J, Burger S, Kahn T, Islam N et al. Production of fruits and vegetables at the homestead is an important source of vitamin A among women in rural Bangladesh. Eur J Clin Nutr 1996;50:S62-7.
7. Bloem MW, de Pee S, Darnton-Hill I. Vitamin A deficiency in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. In: Gillespie S, editor. Malnutrition in South Asia: a regional profile. Kathmandu: United Nations Children's Fund, 1997:125-44.
8. Food and Agriculture Organization. Requirements of vitamin A, iron, folate and vitamin B12: report of Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1988:16-30. (FAO food and nutrition series no. 23).
9. Khan NC, West CE, de PS, Bosch D, Phuong HD, Hulshof PJ et al. The contribution of plant foods to the vitamin A supply of lactating women in Vietnam: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:1112-20.
10. Castenmiller JJ, West CE. Bioavailability and biocon-version of carotenoids. Ann Rev Nutr 1998;18:19-38.
11. West CE. Meeting requirements for vitamin A. Nutr Rev 2000;58:341-5.
12. de Pee S, West CE, Muhilal, Karyadi D, Hautvast JG. Lack of improvement in vitamin A status with increased consumption of dark-green leafy vegetables. Lancet 1995;346:75-81.
13. Food and Nutrition Board. Institute of Medicine. Dietary reference intakes for vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium, and zinc. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001. 800 p.
14. West CE, Eilander A, van Lieshout M. Consequences of revised estimates of carotenoid bioefficacy for dietary control of vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. J Nutr 2002;132:2920S-6S.
15. Tang G, Qin J, Dolnikowski GG, Russell RM. Short-term (intestinal) and long-term (postintestinal) conversion of beta-carotene to retinol in adults as assessed by a stable-isotope reference method. Am J Clin Nutr 2003;78:259-66.
16. Haskell MJ, Jamil KM, Hassan F, Peerson JM, Hossain MI, Fuchs GJ et al. Daily consumption of Indian spinach (Basella alba) or sweet potatoes has a positive effect on total-body vitamin A stores in Bangladeshi men. Am J Clin Nutr 2004;80:705-14.
17. Hassan N, Huda N, Ahmad K. Seasonal patterns of food intake in rural Bangladesh: its impact on nutritional status. Ecol Food Nutr 1985;17:175-86.
18. Jayarajan P, Reddy V, Mohanram M. Effect of dietary fat on absorption of beta carotene from green leafy vegetables in children. Indian J Med Res 1980;71:53-6.
19. Mejia LA. Vitamin A-nutrient interrelationships. In: Bauernfeind JC, editor. Vitamin A deficiency and its control. Orlando: Academic Press, 1986:89-100.
20. Roodenburg AJ, West CE, Beguin Y, Van Dijk JE, Van Eijk HG, Marx JJ et al. Indicators of erythrocyte formation and degradation in rats with either vitamin A or iron deficiency. J Nutr Biochem 2000;11:223-30.
21. Brown MJ, Ferruzzi MG, Nguyen ML, Cooper DA, Eldridge AL, Schwartz SJ et al. Carotenoid bioavailability is higher from salads ingested with full-fat than with fat-reduced salad dressings as measured with electrochemical detection. Am J Clin Nutr 2004;80:396-403.
22. van Ginneken J, Bairagi R, de Francisco A, Sarder AM, Vaughan P. Health and demographic surveillance in Matlab: past, present and future. Editor: Gillian Duffy. Dhaka: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 1998. 44 p. (ICDDR,B special publication no. 72).
23. Gibson RS. Principles of nutritional assessment. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1990:37-96.
24. Helen Keller International. Tables of nutrient composition of Bangladesh foods: English version with particular emphasis on vitamin A content. Dhaka: Helen Keller International, 1988:1-24.
25. National Institute of Nutrition. Nutritive value of Indian foods. Hyderabad: Indian Council of Medical Research, 1989. 156 p.
26. Handelman GJ, Shen B, Krinsky NI. High resolution analysis of carotenoids in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatograph. Methods Enzymol 1992;213:336-46.
27. Rice AL, Stoltzfus RJ, de Francisco A, Chakraborty J, Kjolhede CL, Wahed MA. Maternal vitamin A or beta-carotene supplementation in lactating bangladeshi women benefits mothers and infants but does not prevent subclinical deficiency. J Nutr 1999;129:356-65.
28. World Health Organization. Indicators for assessing vitamin A deficiency and their application in monitoring and evaluating intervention programmes. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1996:30-4.
29. Giuliano AR, Neilson EM, Kelly BE, Canfield LM. Simultaneous quantitation and separation of carotenoids and retinol in human milk by high-performance liquid chromatography. Method Enzymol 1992;213:391-9.
30. Canfield LM, Bulux J, Quan de Serrano J, Rivera C, Lima AF, Lopez CY et al. Plasma response to oral beta-carotene in Guatemalan schoolchildren. Am J Clin Nutr 1991;54:539-47.
31. Jalal F, Nesheim MC, Agus Z, Snajur D, Habicht JP. Serum retinol concentrations in children are affected by food sources of beta-carotene, fat intake, and anthelmintic drug treatment. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;68:623-9.
32. Underwood BA. Vitamin A in human and animal nutrition. In: Sporn M, Roberts A, Goodman D, editors. The retinoids. New York, NY: Academy Press, 1984:281-92.
33. Zeitlin MF, Megawangi R, Kramer EM, Armstrong HC. Mothers' and children's intakes of vitamin A in rural Bangladesh. Am J Clin Nutr 1992;56:136-47.
34. Basu TK, Dickerson JWT. Vitamin A. In: Basu TK, Dickerson JWT, editors. Vitamin A in human health and disease. Oxon: CAB International, 1996:148-77.
35. West CE, Castenmiller JJ. Quantification of the "SLA-MENGHI" factors for carotenoid bioavailability and bioconversion. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1998;68:371-7.
36. Olson JA, Gunning DB, Tilton RA. Liver concentrations of vitamin A and carotenoids, as a function of age and other parameters of American children whodied of various causes. Am J Clin Nutr 1984;39:903-10.
37. Wallingford JC, Underwood BA. Vitamin A deficiency in pregnancy, lactation, and the nursing child. In: Bauernfiend JC, editor. Vitamin A deficiency and its control. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 1986:101-52.
38. Tanumihardjo SA, Muherdiyantiningsih, Permaesih D, Komala, Muhilal, Karyadi D et al. Daily supplements of vitamin A (8.4 mumol, 8000 IU) improve the vitamin A status of lactating Indonesian women. Am J Clin Nutr 1996;63:32-5.
39. Roy SK, Islam A, Molla A, Akramuzzaman SM, Jahan F, Fuchs G. Impact of a single megadose of vitamin A at delivery on breastmilk of mothers and morbidity of their infants. Eur J Clin Nutr 1997;51:302-7.
40. Kim Y, English C, Reich P, Gerber LE, Simpson KL. Vitamin A and carotenoids in human milk. J Agric Food Chem 1999;38:1930-3.
41. Stoltzfus RJ, Underwood BA. Breast-milk vitamin A as an indicator of the vitamin A status of women and infants. Bull World Health Organ 1995;73:703-11.
42. Garza C, Butte NF. Energy intakes of human milk-fed infants during the first year. J Pediatr 1990;117:S124-31.
43. Yeum KJ, Ferland G, Party J, Russell RM. Relationship of plasma carotenoids, retinol and tocopherols in mothers and newborn infants. J Am Coll Nutr 1998;17:442-7.
44. Basu TK, Wein EE, Gangopadhyay KC, Wolever TMS, Godel JC. Plasma vitamin A (retinol) and retinolbinding protein in newborns and their mothers. Nutr Res 1999;14:1297-303.
45. Semba RD, Miotti PG, Chiphangwi JD, Dallabetta G, Yang LP, Saah A et al. Maternal vitamin A defi ciency and infant mortality in Malawi. J Trop Pediatr 1998;44:232-4.
46. Suharno D, West CE, Muhilal, Karyadi D, Hautvast JG. Supplementation with vitamin A and iron for nu tritional anaemia in pregnant women in West Java, Indonesia. Lancet 1993;342:1325-8.