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Nutritional contribution of street foods to the diet of people in developing countries: a systematic review
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Objective: To review studies examining the nutritional value of street foods and their contribution to the diet of consumers in developing countries. Design: The electronic databases PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Proquest Health and Science Direct were searched for articles on street foods in developing countries that included findings on nutritional value. Results: From a total of 639 articles, twenty-three studies were retained since they met the inclusion criteria. In summary, daily energy intake from street foods in adults ranged from 13 % to 50 % of energy and in children from 13 % to 40 % of energy. Although the amounts differed from place to place, even at the lowest values of the percentage of energy intake range, energy from street foods made a significant contribution to the diet. Furthermore, the majority of studies suggest that street foods contributed significantly to the daily intake of protein, often at 50 % of the RDA. The data on fat and carbohydrate intakes are of some concern because of the assumed high contribution of street foods to the total intakes of fat, trans -fat, salt and sugar in numerous studies and their possible role in the development of obesity and non-communicable diseases. Few studies have provided data on the intake of micronutrients, but these tended to be high for Fe and vitamin A while low for Ca and thiamin. Conclusions: Street foods make a significant contribution to energy and protein intakes of people in developing countries and their use should be encouraged if they are healthy traditional foods.
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- Authors
- Steyn, N. P., Mchiza, Z., Hill, J., Davids, Y. D., Venter, I., Hinrichsen, E., Opperman, M., Rumbelow, J., & Jacobs, P.
- Affiliations
- Human Sciences Research Council (ZA)
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Steyn, Nelia Patricia
- ORCID
- Venue
- Public Health Nutrition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2013-05-17
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1363-1374
- ISSN
- 1368-9800 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-2727
- PMC
- PMC10282211
- OpenAlex
- W2046632839
- Cited by
- 203
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 0.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Public Health Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Nutrient Composition and Product Development
- Keywords
- street food, nutritional value, energy intake, protein intake, dietary fat intake, trans fatty acids, salt intake, sugar consumption, micronutrient intake, developing countries, traditional food, obesity, non-communicable diseases
- MeSH terms
- Developing Countries, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Food Supply, Humans, Nutritive Value, Fast Foods
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