Keywords
stroke, pneumonia
STROKE, PNEUMONIA, FIRE
Household air pollution (HAP) affects more than three billion people worldwide. HAP is generated by burning biomass fuels in open fire or traditional cookstoves, which occurs mainly in rural areas of resource-poor countries. Long-term exposure to HAP causes various negative health outcomes such as pneumonia, stroke and other cardiopulmonary diseasesUnderstanding how dietary intake may vary by type of stove used is important given that diet may play a mediating role in the long-term effects of household fuel type on health outcomesEvidence about the potential effects of clean fuel interventions, like LPG, on dietary and Na intake are needed to help decision-making at the policy level. Our study aimed to fill this knowledge gap by comparing the dietary and Na intake of adult women who received free LPG stoves and fuel and control participants who continued to cook with biomass stoves within a randomised cleaner fuel trial. We also compared macronutrient and Na intake to nutritional recommendations in our study setting.