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Proxy measures of household food consumption for food security assessment and surveillance: comparison of the household dietary diversity and food consumption scores [PDF]

, 2010
Objective To provide an overview of the household dietary diversity score and the food consumption score, two indicators used for food security assessment and surveillance, and compare their performance in food security assessments in three countries ...
Ballard, T., Dop, M.C., Kennedy, G., Inge D Brouwer, MarieClaude Dop, Brouwer, I.A.; id_orcid, Dop, M., Delbaere, J., Andrea Berardo, Kennedy, G.L., Peter Horjus, Horjus, P., Terri Ballard, Cinzia Papavero, Brouwer, I.D., Jan Delbaere, Gina Kennedy, Papavero, C., Berardo, A.   +18 more
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Minimum dietary diversity and associated factors among lactating mothers in Haryana, India: a community based cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Introduction Food adequacy and dietary quality in the lactation period are fundamental for maternal and child health. Lactating mothers are vulnerable to malnutrition because of increased physiological demand, monotonous diet, lactogenesis process, and ...
Shumayla Shumayla, E. M. Irfan, Nishtha Kathuria, Suresh Kumar Rathi, Shobhit Srivastava, Sunil Mehra   +5 more
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Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi

, 2016
OBJECTIVE:The association between farm production diversity and dietary diversity in rural smallholder households was recently analysed. Most existing studies build on household-level dietary diversity indicators calculated from 7d food consumption ...
Kassie, Menale, Qaim, Matin, Koppmair, Stefan, Kassie, M., Qaim, M., Koppmair, S.   +5 more
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Nutrition education, farm production diversity, and commercialization on household and individual dietary diversity in Zimbabwe

Food & Nutrition Research, 2018
Background: Nutrition education is crucial for improved nutrition outcomes. However, there are no studies to the best of our knowledge that have jointly analysed the roles of nutrition education, farm production diversity and commercialization on ...
Conrad Murendo, Brighton Nhau, Kizito Mazvimavi, Thamsanqa Khanye, Simon Gwara   +4 more
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Proportions distributions of caregivers’ feeding practices of dietary diversity based on recommended minimum dietary diversity (MDD).

, 2023
Proportions distributions of caregivers’ feeding practices of dietary diversity based on recommended minimum dietary diversity (MDD).
Walter C. Millanzi (12119624), Patricia Z. Herman (14828301), Bariki A. Ambrose (14828304)   +2 more
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Is higher formula intake and limited dietary diversity in Australian children at 14 months of age associated with dietary quality at 24 months? [PDF]

, 2018
A varied and diverse diet in childhood supports optimum long-term preferences and growth. Previous analysis from 14-month-old Australian children in the NOURISH and South Australian Infants Dietary Intake (SAIDI) studies found higher formula intake was ...
Daniels, Lynne, Magarey, Anthea, En Yeo, Joy Mei, Byrne, Rebecca, Mallan, Kimberley   +4 more
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Impact of program participation on production diversity and dietary diversity.

, 2022
Impact of program participation on production diversity and dietary diversity.
Marco Letta (12295265), Carlo Azzarri (6018836), Beliyou Haile (6018830)   +2 more
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Average and heterogeneous effects of smallholder farm sizes on dietary diversity in northern Ghana

, 2023
The relationship between farm size and dietary diversity has recently gained attention among development practitioners and policymakers. To study this issue, we utilized cross-sectional data from 900 farm households in Northern Ghana.
Ng'ombe, John N, Addai, Kwabena Nyarko, Temoso, Omphile   +2 more
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Regional differences in agricultural and socioeconomic factors associated with farmer household dietary diversity in India.

PLoS ONE, 2020
This paper investigated whether there are any regional-level differences in factors associated with farmer household dietary diversity using the Food Consumption Score (FCS), in two states of India: Haryana and Gujarat.
Sukhwinder Singh, Andrew D Jones, Meha Jain   +2 more
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Dietary diversity and its determinants: A community-based study among adult population of Durgapur, West Bengal

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2018
Introduction: Proper diet is essential from the very early stages of life for proper growth and development. Increasing the variety of foods and food groups in the diet helps to ensure adequate intake of essential nutrients.
Archan Mukherjee, Sourabh Paul, Indranil Saha, Tapas Kumar Som, Gautam Ghose   +4 more
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