Nutritional Assessment of Hypothyroidism out Patient Sample from Urban and Rural Regions in Egypt

Abstract

This Study was undertaken to evaluate nutritional status, dietary intake from iron, selenium, zinc, iodine and vitamin C in patients with hypothyroidism disease. A random sample of 40 hypothyroidism patients (5 male and 35 female) were selected from Kasr El-Aini Hospital out patients with age from (30-45) years. Three tools were used for data collection, structured interview questionnaire, dietary assessment questionnaire and nutritional intake, knowledge and food habits questionnaire. Anthropometric measurements were performed at baseline.Assessments of nutritional status were depended on dietary adequacy degree, was performed by using 24 hour dietary recall, food frequency of selected food items and nutritional knowledge about some food habits.Results at baseline revealed that 100% of patients were suffering from obesity and malnutrition combined with poor food habits. The current study recommended that nutrition education program intervention strives to make patients aware of healthier food option at their local food.