Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa

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dc.creatorFungo, R.
dc.creatorTieguhong, J.C.
dc.date2019
dc.date2019-10-31T14:34:51Z
dc.date2019-10-31T14:34:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:51:25Z
dc.descriptionA serious public health challenge may be envisaged in central Africa, especially with a growing population, rapid westernization of traditional African diets and increasing demand for sufficient essential nutrients and bioactive compounds. However, having the second largest tropical rainforest basin in the world, forest foods that are widely consumed in Central Africa contain adequate essential nutrients such as carotenoids, flavonoids, proanthocyanins, polyphenols, vitamins C and E, Fe, Se, Ca and Na. This review purports that forest foods can considerably contribute towards meeting human nutrient requirements by replacing imported western foods that are generally more expensive and lower in essential nutrients. We recommend that forest foods should be considered in setting nutrition education strategies and formulating policies governing food and nutrition security in Central Africa.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/105588
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/67909
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJuniper Publishers
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceFungo, R.; Tieguhong, J.C. (2019) Nutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa. Nutrition and Food Science International Journal 8(3): 555737. ISSN: 2474-767X
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjecthuman nutrition
dc.subjectforest products
dc.subjectnutrients
dc.subjectnutrition education
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.titleNutrient and bioactive analyses of forests foods for policy making on food and nutrition security in Central Africa
dc.typeJournal Article

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