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Leveraging farm production diversity for dietary diversity: evidence from national level panel data

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2022
Dietary diversity is the key to improved health and nutrition. Farm production diversity has the potential of enhancing dietary diversity but this interrelationship varies and is ambiguous in many societies.
Sayla Khandoker, Alka Singh, Shivendra Kumar Srivastava   +2 more
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Characterizing dietary diversity among urban office workers in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Background The nutrition transition in low- and middle-income countries is driving a surge in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with urban populations being particularly affected.
Ahmed Alhassan, Kasim Abdulai, Yakubu Mubaric, Paul Armah Aryee   +3 more
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Dietary diversity status and influencing factors among children aged 3–7 in China [PDF]

Frontiers in Nutrition
ObjectiveTo investigate the dietary diversity status of preschool children aged 3–7 years in Wuxi City, analyze the factors influencing dietary diversity, and provide a scientific basis for developing effective intervention methods to improve dietary ...
Bingbing Guo, Lan Jiang, Xinye Jiang
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Measuring Global Dietary Diversity by Considering Nutritional Functional Dissimilarity and Dietary Guidelines

Foods
Dietary diversity is essential for healthy diets and crucial for academic research and policymaking. However, existing measures often lack conceptual clarity, which limits their interpretability.
Shiwen Quan, Wenbo Zhu
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Dietary diversity and associated factors among lactating women in Ethiopia: Cross sectional study

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022
Introduction: Lactating women are more vulnerable to malnutrition due to increased physiological demands, the lactogenesis process, consuming an undiversified monotonous diet, and increased nutrient needs during lactation.
Wondwosen Molla, Nebiyu Mengistu, Derebe Madoro, Dawit Getachew Assefa, Eden Dagnachew Zeleke, Ruth Tilahun, Yesuneh Bayisa, Meiraf Daniel Meshesha, Getnet Melaku Ayele, Robel Hussen Kabthyme, Asrat Alemu, Mesfin Abebe, Seid Shumye, Mengistu Lodebo Funga, Aneleay Cherinet Eritero, Saron Aregawi, Tilahun Wodaynew, Temesgen Muche, Aregahegn Wudneh   +18 more
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Dietary diversity and associated factors among children (6–23 months) in Gedeo zone, Ethiopia: cross - sectional study

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2021
Introduction Different foods and food groups are good sources for various macro- and micronutrients. Diversified diet play an important role in both physical and mental growth and development of children.
Wondwosen Molla, Dirshaye Argaw Adem, Ruth Tilahun, Seid Shumye, Robel Hussen Kabthymer, Daniel Kebede, Nebiyu Mengistu, Getnet Melaku Ayele, Dawit Getachew Assefa   +8 more
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Status of household dietary diversity and associated factors among rural and urban households of Northern Uganda

BMC Nutrition, 2023
Background In Northern Uganda, 21 and 52.4% of children under five are underweight and stunted, respectively while 32.9% of pregnant women are anemic. This demographic situation suggests among other issues, a lack of dietary diversity among households ...
Nelson Papi Kolliesuah, Solomon Olum, Duncan Ongeng   +2 more
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Concordance of Mother-Child (6–23 Months) Dietary Diversity and Its Associated Factors in Kucha District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2021
Meeting minimum standards of dietary quality in mothers and children is a challenge in many developing countries including Ethiopia. Emerging evidence suggests that maternal and child dietary diversity is associated, but little is known about the ...
Tesfaye Guja, Yabsira Melaku, Eshetu Andarge   +2 more
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Dietary diversity and determinants of young adults in central China: A cross-sectional study from 2015 to 2020

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundEarly adulthood is a vulnerable period for improved nutrition at all phases of the life cycle. However, there is limited research on diversity information in young adults from middle-income countries undergoing an apparent nutritional ...
Yi Zhou, Yi Zhou, Jiangang Wang, Yinglong Duan, Xiaofei Luo, Ziyu Wan, Yating Luo, Ying Li, Yaqin Wang, Jianfei Xie   +9 more
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FOOD-BASED AND NON-FOOD-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE DIETARY DIVERSITY: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Media Gizi Indonesia, 2022
Dietary diversity is one of the diet quality. Poor dietary diversity is associated with malnutrition, stunting, poor gut health, pregnancy complications, and cognitive impairment.
Riska Mayang Saputri Ginting, Nila Reswari Haryani, Sri Sumarmi   +2 more
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