Traditionally, interventions aimed at improving women's nutritional status have targeted those either pregnant or lactating, with less attention given to NPNL women.
The mean daily intakes of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, iron, and zinc were compared with Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) for NPNL women [14] to estimate the percentage of requirement met by the women's' intakes over the study period.
Tubers or cereal staples are the predominant component of diets of most African women [6], hence the diets of these Ghanaian NPNL women were mainly based on rice, maize, and cassava.
Calcium intakes were exceptionally low among all women in the two zones and intakes of almost all the women in both zones fell below the EAR for NPNL women.