home gardening is associated with filipino preschool children’s dietary diversity
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Home Gardening Is Associated with Filipino Preschool Children’s Dietary Diversity. Aegina B. Cabalda , Pura Rayco -Solon, Juan Antonia A. Solon, Florentino S. Solon. Lily Dickson Nov. 20, 2012. Introduction. Undernutrition - stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Home Gardening Is Associated with Filipino Preschool Children’s Dietary DiversityAegina B. Cabalda, Pura Rayco-Solon, Juan Antonia A. Solon, Florentino S. Solon
Lily DicksonNov. 20, 2012
Introduction Undernutrition-
stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies
Low and middle income countries suffer
Inadequate food intake usually primary cause
923 million are chronically hungry In Philippines:
protein energy malnutrition micronutrient deficiencies
Rise of food prices raise global concerns for prevalence of hunger
Food Security At a minimum, nutritionally safe foods
are readily available in socially acceptable ways With rising food prices, households may be
faced with changing their quantity, quality, and/ or diversity of their consumptions
Dietary Diversification: expanding and diversifying food productions Home Gardening improves:
consumption of fruits and vegetables child health and nutritional status household food security and income women’s empowerment
Purpose Determine the
associations between home gardening and the dietary diversity of preschool-aged children in urban and semi-urban areas in the Philippines
Methods Study conducted in Rizal, Philippines
Baras- Rural, predominantly agricultural community
Angono- urban, sources of income are trading, farming, fishing, manufacturing
Rizal has high prevalence of: (Children <5y.o.)
Underweight (35%) Vitamin A deficiency (30%) Anemic (36%)
Households with children 2-5 y.o selected 55% boys, 45% girls 76% children underweight 60% children under height
100 Households from Baras, 100 from Angona
Procedure Household Visits- interview children’s mother
Socioeconomic and Demographic characteristics Household Food Security-
0-1 high or marginal food security 2-4 low food security 5-6 very low food security
Diet Diversity-asked if child consumed food items from set of 10 food groups score of 0-10
Frequency of vegetable consumption Morbidity history- fever or diarrhea during last 2 weeks Home gardening-
Simple: 1-2 varieties of vegetables are scattered and seasonal
Improved: 3-4 varieties but not productive all year Developed: > 3 varieties of vegetables thru whole year
Anthropometric status-children weighed and measured
Results- Quantitative
Food Security Score Dietary Diversity Score Dietary Diverstiy Score 10g min.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Without GardenWith Garden
Frequency of Vegetable Consumption
<1 time/ week 1-2 times/ wk 3-4 times/ wk 5+ times/ wk0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Without GardenWith Garden
%
Results 52% households with gardens
40% simple gardens 26% improved gardens 34% developed gardens
48% without No statistical differences:
anthropometric measurements nutritional status Urban vs. rural regions Parents age, education, income, household
size, food expenditure, number of appliances
Garden associated with: More varied diet Less illness
Statistical significance: Dietary diversity scores Vegetable consumption
Vitamin A rich fruit consumption: 2/3 with gardens ½ without
Discussion Positive associations
between having a home garden child’s diet diversity fruits and vegetable
consumption Home gardening is a
good tool to teach children healthy habits and diversify their diets
Results apparent in children even at a very young age
Conclusion This study showed statistical
significance in regards to dietary diversity and willingness to eat vegetables between preschoolers living in a household with and without gardens
Possible improvements: Different place where agriculture is not as
dominant Different age children Rural vs. Urban Limitations of water, land, good soil, etc.