Nutritional composition of commonly consumed composite dishes from the Central Province of Cameroon.
OBJECTIVE
To provide nutritional composition of 34 composite dishes commonly consumed in Cameroon, in order to enable dietary intake to be calculated from a Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire developed specifically for this population to determine associations between diet and diabetes.


METHODS
A total of 197 recipes were collected for 34 composite dishes. Multiple samples of each dish were collected from a range of 2-16 households in the villages of Evadoula and in the city of Yaounde.


RESULTS
The average nutritional composition for these composite dishes was calculated using the US Department of Agriculture National Nutrient Database. We provide the energy, macronutrient and micronutrient content of these foods.


CONCLUSIONS
We provide, for the first time, the macronutrient and micronutrient content of 34 commonly consumed composite dishes in the Central Province of Cameroon. Such data are essential for calculating nutrient intake and determining associations between diet and diabetes and other chronic diseases. These data may also be used for nutrition interventions aimed at modifying commonly consumed composite dishes to improve dietary intake.
Sharma
Sangita
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Cancer Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. gsharma@crch.hawaii.edu
Mbanya
Jean Claude
JC
Cruickshank
Kennedy
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Cade
Janet
J
Tanya
Agatha K N
AK
Cao
Xia
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Hurbos
Margit
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Wong
Matthew R K M
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D000328:Adult; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D003296:Cooking; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology*; D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005504:Food Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009753:Nutritive Value; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health