Broccoli-Soybean-Mangrove Food Bar as an Emergency Food for Older People during Natural Disaster

Fatmah Fatmah, Suyud Warno Utomo and Fatma Lestari
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Fatmah Fatmah: Disaster Management Study Program, School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, DKI Jakarta Province, Indonesia
Suyud Warno Utomo: Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, West Java Province, Indonesia
Fatma Lestari: Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, West Java Province, Indonesia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: Older people risk poor nutritional status during natural disasters due to low intakes of energy, carbohydrates, protein, and fat. A food bar is a form of emergency food product that contains carbohydrate and protein, and is practical for disaster situations. The study aimed to investigate the effect of a broccoli-soybean-mangrove food bar on older people’s weight following natural disasters. A quasi-experimental pre-post intervention study was designed using 33 subjects at the treatment group of various nutritional status types of older people during two weeks with balanced nutrition education over two weeks. Bivariate analysis with a paired t -test used to test whether weight, macronutrient intakes, and balanced nutrition knowledge were significantly different before and after the study. The study showed broccoli-soybean-mangrove food bar consumption resulted in a significantly increased weight of 0.2 kg, energy (291.9 kcal), protein (6.1 g), carbohydrate (31.1 g), dan fat (15.6 g) intakes. Balanced nutrition education of older people could also substantially increase knowledge of older people regarding nutrition (11.8 points). The proportion of malnourished subjects who gained weight was more remarkable than normal subjects in the first and second weeks of the intervention. However, the proportion of normal nutritional status subjects having increased macronutrients intakes was higher than the malnourished subjects. These findings recommend broccoli-soybean-mangrove food bar consumption to significantly improve weight and macronutrients intakes in older people following a natural disaster. It is necessary to make the broccoli-soybean-mangrove food bar more available, accessible, and affordable to all people in emergencies, mainly for older people.

Keywords: natural disaster; older people; weight; broccoli-soybean-mangrove food bar; food emergency product (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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