Assessment of Dietary Pattern of Carbohydrate Intake among Urbanized Adult in Abeokuta South Ogun State Nigeria

                                                                      ¹Nupo S. S.² Akinlotan J. V. & ³Ilori O. A.

¹²³Department of Nutrition and Dietetics,

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Ojere Abeokuta,

Ogun State, Nigeria

                                                ABSTRACT

High carbohydrate intake has adverse effects on lipid and glucose metabolism and these changes would be expected to increase the risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study was carried out to assess the pattern of dietary carbohydrate intake among urbanized adult in Abeokuta south. Three hundred adults were randomly selected for the study. The socio demographic characteristics of the respondents were determined using pretested structured questionnaire. Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to determine the nutritional status. The socio demographic result showed that 46% of the respondents were female, majority (43.5%) of the respondent fall between age ranges, 51.2% were between 21-30 years of age, 26.2% of the respondent were married, 55.5% were single while 17.9% are divorced. The result of BMI showed that 11% of the adult were underweight, 48% of the adults had normal weight, 29% were overweight and 12% had obesity grade 1. The main carbohydrate food eaten was macaroni (78.7%) followed by amala (73.7%) and lafun (73.1%).The study showed that macaroni is now the most commonly consumed carbohydrate among urbanized adult in Abeokuta south. The study showed that malnutrition is still common among the study population therefore there is need for nutrition counseling and advocacy.

Keywords:      Carbohydrate Intake, Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Urbanized Adult, Socio Demographic Characteristics, Body Max Index, Malnutrition.