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Abstract
The results of surveys of food consumption and nutritional status of the rural Zambian population are combined and the risk of nutritionally and anthropometrically defined deficiencies is related to measured nutrient intakes. The main nutritional problem emerging is that of insufficient food in general. This finding is discussed in relation to the formulation of development plans for Zambia. Increasing the availability of almost any suitable traditional food should alleviate the situation. Future applied nutrition goals must be kept within feasible limits if disillusion and apathy among local political authorities regarding past claims for the role of nutrition in development planning are to be forestalled.
Notes
This work formed part of the National Food and Nutrition Programme of Zambia. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and are not in any way attributable to either the National Food and Nutrition Commission or to his present employer.
Present address: Food Science Division, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4AE.