{"id":15064,"date":"2026-06-20T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-and-partners-combat-poor-nutrition-in-women-and-children\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:11:19","slug":"iita-and-partners-combat-poor-nutrition-in-women-and-children","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-and-partners-combat-poor-nutrition-in-women-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA and partners combat poor nutrition in women and children"},"content":{"rendered":"Malnutrition in young children and pregnant women is known to have adverse consequences on their survival and long-term well-being. It also has far-reaching effects on human capital, economic productivity, and national development; changes in diet can help improve mental health, prevent or control many health problems, including diabetes, obesity, and certain risk factors for cancer and heart diseases.\n\nThe Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0and other partner organizations, carried out a National Food Consumption and Micronutrient Survey (NFCMS) to assess the micronutrient status and dietary intake of women within the reproductive age of 15\u201349 years, including pregnant and lactating women, and children aged 6\u201359 months.\n<div id=\"attachment_7983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-and-partners1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7983\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-and-partners1.jpg\" alt=\"IITA and partners combat poor nutrition in women and children\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7983\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Ofodile walking the trainees through registration on INDDEX24 mobile app.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe last NFCMS was undertaken 20 years ago, in 2001. The findings of this study no longer represent the current micronutrient status or dietary consumption patterns of the Nigerian population. Updated information on the population\u2019s micronutrient status and dietary intakes is required for informed, evidenced-based decisions about current and future food and nutrition programming and policymaking in Nigeria.\n\nThe current survey also focused on the micronutrient status of non-pregnant adolescent girls aged 10\u201314 years while identifying key factors associated with poor nutrition in this population. In addition, scientists from the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria participated in the survey to develop strategies for preventing and treating diseases like anemia.\n<div id=\"attachment_7984\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-and-partners2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7984\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IITA-and-partners2.jpg\" alt=\"IITA and partners combat poor nutrition in women and children\" width=\"552\" height=\"411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7984\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dietary Interview during the Pilot.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nIn a one-week training held at IITA, jointly coordinated by the lead investigator\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/mercy-lungaho\/\">Mercy Lungaho<\/a>\u00a0and principal investigators,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/maziya-dixon-busie\/\">Busie Maziya-Dixon<\/a>\u00a0and Rasaki A. Sanusi, participants learned how to put actions in place to effectively carry out a survey on food consumption and the micronutrient status of Nigerians. Experts in medicine, laboratory science, and data management, among others, facilitated the sessions, exposing participants to field and dietary survey tools such as the INDDEX24 application.\n\nThe NFCMS Dietary Intake Lead, Olapeju Phorbee, highlighted some of the challenges encountered during the survey. She identified aspects of the questionnaire and INDDEX24 tool that needed re-training after the pilot.\n\nOther major issues observed include mobilization, line listing, and poor communication between the biomarkers\u2019 team and the dietary group. \u201cI have followed the training and fieldwork in several locations, and these problems would not be allowed to come up during the main survey,\u201d said Sanusi.\n\nOne of the participants, Victor Ajieroh, appreciated the training organizers for their high level of dedication. However, he encouraged an even higher level of commitment as the country and the rest of the world depend on the survey\u2019s outcome.\u00a0 \u201cIt is an extreme opportunity to build one\u2019s career due to the huge experience in this project,\u201d he added.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malnutrition in young children and pregnant women is known to have adverse consequences on their survival and long-term well-being.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15065,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[1151],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-15064","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iita-news-no-2591malnutritionpartnershippoor-nutrition-in-women-and-childrenwomen","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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