Food consumption and nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) : a case of Thika and Bungoma Districts, Kenya
Kuria, E.N.
Public Health Nutrition 13(4): 475-479
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1475-2727 PMID: 19758480 DOI: 10.1017/s1368980009990826Document Number: 209989
To establish the food consumption, dietary habits and nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and adults whose HIV status is not established. Cross-sectional descriptive survey. Thika and Bungoma Districts, Kenya. A random sample of 439 adults; 174 adults living with HIV/AIDS and 265 adults whose HIV/AIDS status was not established in Thika and Bungoma Districts. Majority of PLWHA consume foods that are low in nutrients to build up the immune system and help maintain adequate weight, and there is little variety in the foods they consume. More adults who are HIV-positive are undernourished than those whose status is not established. Of the HIV-positive adults, those with a BMI of