Nutrient intake, other than from the meals provided, was calculated
from the 24-h recall data by using Indonesian food-composition
tables (13–15), except for the content of dietary fiber in rice
(16) and for carotenoids. The carotene content was taken from
analyses in Wageningen (12) and from a table with the most recent
data on the carotene content of food in developing countries (17).
The carotene content of milk, eggs, and poultry was assumed to be
30% of the total vitamin A content and of fish, liver, and animal
fat to be 10% of the total vitamin A content (18). Food-composition
data were entered into a computerized database (VBSedit,
version 1.0; B-ware Nutrition Software, Wageningen, Netherlands,
1995). Nutrient intake was calculated by using the computer
program KOMEET (version 2.0c; B-ware Nutrition Software).