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Nutrition, 2021 We sought to develop and evaluate the relative validity of a dietary diversity questionnaire (DDQ) that reflects food-group diversity, food variety, and micronutrient adequacy among New Zealand women.A cross-sectional study included New Zealand women (Auckland based; ages 16-45 y, n = 101), completing a 7-d DDQ and 4-d weighed food record (reference ...
Rozanne Kruger +4 more
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Relationships between dietary diversity and gut microbial diversity in the elderly
Beneficial Microbes, 2022 Diet is considered as a major driver of gut microbiota composition. However, little is known about the relationship between overall dietary balance and gut microbiota, especially in the elderly. Here, using the Quantitative Index for Dietary Diversity (QUANTIDD), we analysed the relationships between dietary diversity and gut microbiota diversity in ...
R, Amamoto +9 more
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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. +19 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 +2 more
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Dietary Diversity of an Adult Solomon Islands Population [PDF]
Nutrients, 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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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 +5 more
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Dietary Diversity in Nepal: A Latent Class Approach [PDF]
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2021 Background: Nutritional status has important implications for labor productivity, lifetime earnings, and country-wide economic development. Dietary diversity is an important contributor to nutrition. Objective: To identify how patterns
Gerald Shively, Alecia Evans
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Nutrient adequacy and dietary diversity of women in the Gauteng and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa – focus on micronutrients from the national food fortification programme [PDF]
, 2021 Magister Scientiae (Nutrition Management) - MSc(NM)Micronutrient deficiencies are of public health concern in South Africa. These deficiencies affect pregnancy outcomes, growth, functional and cognitive development of children and, the health and ...
Fisher, Roxanne
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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 +2 more
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Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake and Dietary Diversity of Landfill Waste Pickers
Nutrients, 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
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