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Dietary Diversity of an Adult Solomon Islands Population [PDF]

open access: yesNutrients, 2019
Ongoing dietary transitions in the Solomon Islands has resulted in an over-reliance on commercially sourced foods, leading to food insecurity, and a subsequent rise in multiple forms of malnutrition. The aim of this study was to investigate the individual dietary diversity and food preferences of the adult population living in Auki, Solomon Islands.
Bridget Horsey   +4 more
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Nutrition education, farm production diversity, and commercialization on household and individual dietary diversity in Zimbabwe

open access: yesFood & 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Minimum dietary diversity and associated factors among lactating mothers in Haryana, India: a community based cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Micronutrient Adequacy and Dietary Diversity Exert Positive and Distinct Effects on Linear Growth in Urban Zambian Infants. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: In the monitoring of infant and young child feeding, dietary diversity is used as an indicator of micronutrient adequacy; however, their relation may have weakened with the increasing use of fortified complementary foods.
Chisenga, Molly   +7 more
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Regional differences in agricultural and socioeconomic factors associated with farmer household dietary diversity in India.

open access: yesPLoS 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake and Dietary Diversity of Landfill Waste Pickers

open access: yesNutrients, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the nutritional status, dietary intake and dietary diversity of waste pickers in South Africa, a socioeconomically vulnerable group who makes a significant contribution to planetary health through salvaging recyclable material from dumpsites.
Elizabeth C. Swart   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Dietary Quantity and Diversity among Anemic Pregnant Women in Madura Island, Indonesia

open access: yesJournal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2019
Dietary diversity and quantity are important for pregnant women, particularly anemic pregnant women. This study aimed to analyze the association between dietary quantity and diversity among anemic pregnant women.
Rian Diana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cooking clue to human dietary diversity [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011
For primates, humans have pretty peculiar diets. Most often, our food intake includes large amounts of starchy plant food, together, particularly in developed countries, with considerable quantities of vertebrate muscle and other soft tissues. No other large primate eats like this.
openaire   +2 more sources

Dietary Diversity and Healthy Aging: A Prospective Study [PDF]

open access: yesNutrients, 2021
Population aging is a global phenomenon. The present study determined the effects of dietary diversity score (DDS) and food consumption on healthy aging. A subset of the data of the China Health and Nutrition Survey was utilized in this study. DDSs were calculated using the dietary data collected in the years 2009 and 2011.
Jian Zhang, Ai Zhao
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Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity, and Climate Variability [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Development Studies, 2014
Nonseparable household models outline the links between agricultural production and household consumption, yet empirical extensions to investigate the effect of production on dietary diversity and diet composition are limited. Although a significant literature has investigated the calorie-income elasticity abstracting from production, this paper ...
Andrew Dillon   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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