The pulp of Dacryodes edulis is eaten raw, cooked or roasted by West and central Africans. The aim of this study was to determine the fatty acid composition, type, variation and distribution among different accessions of D. edulis purchased from different locations of Eastern Nig...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i530226
Aims: To determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and dietary habits of under graduate students of Lagos State University. Study Design: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria, between June 20...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i530225
Aim: This study sought to explore the cultural factors that are associated with complementary feeding from the reports of Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Volunteers (CHVs) in two rural districts in Ghana. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional qualitative study that assesse...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i530224
Background: Food consumption practices involving dietary diversity, healthy and unhealthy practices have greater influence on nutritional and health status of the individual. Men and women always behave differently and have different consumption pattern due to various factors. Ur...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i530223
Mycorrhiza refers to the symbiotic association between fungus and plant root. The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis auguments the growth and plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses by enhancement through certain nutritional, biochemical, physiological as well as morphologi...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i430221
Standard procedures were used to investigate proximate, mineral, amylose content, gelatinization temperature and phytochemical composition of Dioscorea dumetorum (Both cooked and fresh samples). Significant increase (p< 0.05) of protein, fats and oil, moisture and crude fibre...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i430222
The nutrient contents of wheat-margarine used in the preparation of cakes in Nigeria is low with high fat leading consumers to several nutritional and health challenges such as overweight, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. This research was aimed at determining physicochemical...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i430219
Products were prepared by incorporating modified starch extracted from selected traditional rice varieties. The products were standardized by incorporating modified rice starch served as test product group and without incorporating modified rice starch served as control product g...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i430220
Aims: Legumes, (especially indigenous/ underutilized legumes), have been found to make substantial contributions to nutrient intakes of the populace especially in low resources environments. The African yam bean (AYB) is one of such indigenous legumes with utilization constraints...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i430218
Aim: Barbados cherry is a fruit with magical amount of Vitamin C in it. But the main problem with the fruit is a very low ambient storage life of just 1-2 days. After which the fruit start decaying. Even the loss in nutrients and phytochemicals commence 4-5 hours after harvest. H...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i430217