Table 3.
Contribution of foods and nutrients to the daily energy intake of Maasai in the current study compared to Nestel [16]
| Present study (n = 261) |
Study of Nestel 1989 [16] (n = 1272) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | m/f | Mean | SD | ||
| Energy intake (MJ) | 7.6 | 2.1 | 9.5/7.0 | 5.1 | 2.1 | |
| en% | g | en% | g3 | |||
| Contribution of nutrients | Mean | SD | m/f | Mean | SD | |
| Carbohydrates | 56.2 | 9.4 | 303/223 | 48.4 | 18.4 | 144.4 |
| Protein | 13.3 | 2.0 | 73/54 | 14.8 | 7.3 | 44.1 |
| Fat | 30.5 | 7.9 | 74/55 | 35.8 | 14.1 | 47.2 |
| SFA (% of ∑ FAME) | 63.8 | 6.5 | 47/35 | 68.14 | 0.5 | 32 |
| MUFA (% of ∑ FAME) | 27.1 | 1.7 | 20/15 | 28.04 | 0.3 | 13 |
| PUFA (% of ∑ FAME) | 9.2 | 0.6 | 7/5 | 3.54 | 0.2 | 2 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | - | - | 120/89 mg | - | - | 219 mg4 |
| Alcohol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 1.6 |
| en% | g | en% | g3 | |||
| Contribution of foods | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Dairy products | 41.1 | 20.7 | 42.4 | 29.4 | ||
| Milk5 | 37.5 | 20.9 | 863 | 41.2 | 30.3 | 690 |
| Ghee | 3.6 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 2 |
| Meat & suet | 0.6 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 12.4 | 35 |
| Plant-derived foods | 58.3 | 20.7 | 48.4 | 12.1 | ||
| Maize | 33.0 | 17.4 | 171 | 22.2 | 23.6 | 79 |
| Sugar | 10.1 | 5.1 | 42 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 45 |
| Other | 15.2 | - - | 11.2 | 6.1 | ||
f, females m, males
1 20 female and 6 male subjects, Ø 33 years
2 Kenyan Maasai (127 women, Ø 34 years; in total 273 food records)
3 Calculated from the percentages
4 Values from [7]
5 All types of milk of which 793 g (34.5 en%) was fresh (boiled) cow's milk, 67 g (2.9 en%) fermented cow's milk and 3.2 g (0.1 en%) goat's milk