title: NUTRIENT INTAKE AMONG PREGNANT TEENAGE GIRLS ATTENDING ANTE-NATAL CLINICS IN TWO HEALTH FACILITIES IN BUNGOMA SOUTH DISTRICT, WESTERN KENYA.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the adequacy of nutrientintake including proteins, energy, calcium, iron, folate and vitamin C and identify the factors associated with nutrient intake.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthy facility based. Bungoma District Hospital and Bumula Health centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  Teenage pregnant girls attending Antenatal Clinic participated after providing written consent, with girls under 18 years being considered as emancipated minors. A standardised interviewer administered Food Frequency Questionnaire was used to asses the dietary intake. Nutrient calculator was used to determine the nutrient intake of the study participant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intakes of all selected nutrients were significantly lower than the RDA. Protein intake was significantly associated with Education (OR: 0.537; 95% CI: 0.318-0.907), income (OR: 0.049; 95% CI: 0.919-0.128) and perceived food shortage (OR: 0.617; 95% CI: 0.389-0.890). Energy intake was significantly associated with income (p = 0.007, OR: 2.103; 95%CI: 1.225-3.608). Iron intake was significantly associated with perceived food shortage (OR: 2.548; 95% CI: 1.632-3.980). Hookworm affected calcium intake (OR: 3.074; 95% CI: 1.089-8.698) and malaria parasites affected folate intake (OR: 0.355; 95% CI: 0.226-0.557). Those with hookworm were 3 times more likely to have inadequate calcium intake as compared to those without.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All the nutrients selected were lower than the Required Dietary Allowance. Level of education, income, Hookworm and malaria affected intake of various nutrients.
authors: Global Network for Women Children Health Research, Department of CbildHealth, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
authors: E K
authors: EK
authors: Shipala
authors: S W
authors: SW
authors: Wafula
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Ettyang
authors: E O
authors: EO
authors: Were
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007630:Kenya; D016015:Logistic Models; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires