Dearth in access to nutrition across socio-economic strata among rural households in West Bengal, India

Sarkar, Sanjit

doi:10.1007/s10708-019-10133-y

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“…There was, however, no statistically significant correlation between having a vegetable or rice farm and dietary diversification. This conclusion is consistent with research con-ducted in Finote Selam town, northwest Ethiopia [45], but dissimilar to studies conducted in Noakhali district, Bangladesh [88], Tanzania [89], and West Bengal, India [58]. According to the findings of these studies, the land is a crucial factor for diet variety, and families owning larger areas of agricultural land had higher HDDS.…”

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“…Higher odds for household dietary diversity among males compared to females being the household's head were consistent with findings from studies on rural households in low-and middle-income countries or settings such as West Bengal, India [58], Sri Lanka [72], Mirab Abaya Woreda, Southern Ethiopia [46], Finote Selam town, Ethiopia [45], Amatole and Nyandeni districts, South Africa [59]. It is evident that females who were heads of households were also working.…”

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“…In contrast, the mean HDDS from our study was lower the 2011, survey results from four provinces of non-Khmer group [57]. A number of studies in low-and middle-income nations also found similar results where most ethnic groups had low or medium dietary diversity scores [45,[58][59][60]. Thus, ethnicity may have an impact on HDDS as people in the same ethnic group are likely to have similar dietary patterns and eating behaviours independent of socioeconomic status.…”

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Household Dietary Diversity among the Ethnic Minority Groups in the Mekong Delta: Evidence for the Development of Public Health and Nutrition Policy in Vietnam

Nguyen

Phung

et al. 2023

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Poor household dietary diversity has been linked to malnutrition in individuals, households, and cumulatively in populations. High rates of malnutrition among Khmer ethnic children aged five years and younger have been reported in Tri Ton district, Vietnam. This paper aims to further investigate household dietary diversity and associated factors among Khmer ethnic minority populations in Vietnam. A cross sectional study was conducted from October 2018 to April 2019 in Tri Ton District, An Giang Province. By employing a multistage sampling technique, a total of 402 (99.8% response rate) participants were interviewed to measure household dietary diversity using a structured and validated questionnaire developed by FAO. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were carried out to identify factors associated with household dietary diversity. The results showed that the prevalence of low, medium and high dietary diversity scores were 21.4%, 70.4% and 8.2%, respectively. Male-headed households, literacy level, household income, exposure to mass media on nutrition and health information, and frequency of eating were positively associated with household dietary diversity (p < 0.05). However, owning a vegetable and rice farm was not statistically related to households’ dietary diversification. The paper concludes that the magnitude of household diversified dietary intakes was essentially low to medium in participants’ households. These findings have provided evidence to inform the development of the National Nutrition Strategy—2021–2030 in Vietnam, to be revised in 2045. This national strategy proposes appropriate interventions, programs and policies to improve socioeconomic status in ethnic groups and in mountainous areas to enhance populations’ health and well-being including controlling childhood malnutrition. In order to improve population health and wellbeing in Tri Ton District, further actions to address effective dietary practices including strengthening nutrition and health communication about the need to improve household dietary diversity to high levels are recommended.

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Household Dietary Diversity among the Ethnic Minority Groups in the Mekong Delta: Evidence for the Development of Public Health and Nutrition Policy in Vietnam

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“…The lowest diet diversity is found in the western part of India, whereas the southern-costal and eastern-costal parts of India have reported higher diet diversity (as in Fig 2A). Several factors, such as geographical availability of foods [48][49][50][51][52], accessibility to markets, purchasing capacity [53,54], level of education, individual tests, and preferences [55], etc., are the significant determinants of dietary diversity at the regional level in India [56,57]. PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH…”

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Dietary diversity and association with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among adult men (15–54 years): A cross-sectional study using National Family and Health Survey, India

Dolui

Sarkar

Ghosh

et al. 2023

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A healthy and diversified diet is essential for preventing several non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Given the increasing evidence of diet-related health burdens and the rising prevalence of NCDs among Indian adults, the present study aims to explore dietary diversity patterns among adult men in India and their association with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). For this purpose, the study used the fourth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-4) to analyze adult male samples (n = 1,12,122). Dietary Diversity Scores (DDS) were computed by the weighted sum of the number of different food groups consumed by an individual. The prevalence of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer among adult men is considered a non-communicable disease. Bivariate and logistic regression was carried out to examine the association between DDS and NCDs by estimating chi-squared tests (χ2-test), odds ratio (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI). The prevalence of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer among adult men in India is 2.1 percent, 1.2 percent, and 0.3 percent, respectively. Results show a positive association between dietary diversity score and the prevalence of the non-communicable disease. High-level dietary diversity scores increase to two times the likelihood of diabetes (OR 2.15 with p<0.05) among adult men than to better-off counterparts while controlling all the covariates. However, a moderate dietary diversity score significantly decreases the likelihood of heart disease (OR 0.88 with p<0.10) and Cancer (OR 0.71 with p<0.05) for adult men compared to a lower score of dietary diversity. In addition, age, marital status, drinking and smoking habits, occupation, and wealth index are also significantly associated with the odds of non-communicable diseases among adult men.

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“…of i th household) or nutrient-specific adult equivalent scale of the household ( e ij of i th household for j th nutrient); and Σy ij refers to the sum of the reference population for all observations when y x ij ij = , or, for the deprived only when y x d ij ij ij = (where d ij = 1 if g ij > 0 , and d ij = 0 if g ij = 0 ). Our class of nutrition-deprivation measure is an improvement over α-class of poverty measure, as the deprivation value (or poverty line) is not fixed but is household-specific and nutrient-specific (Foster et al, 1984;Hari and Mishra, 2019;Sarkar, 2020). Besides, we allow the reference population to be either from the total population or from the deprived among them.…”

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Food Security among Kandhas of Kandhamal, Odisha, India: A Mixed Method Study

Samal

Mishra

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Given the global commitment to zero hunger and in the backdrop of Asian enigma, this paper looks into nutritional deprivation among Kandhas, a tribal community from Odisha, India. Based on fieldwork during a harvest period, the pervasive household-specific and nutrient-specific deprivation is intriguing. An inverse relationship between the number of nutrient deficiencies and the number of food groups consumed is observed. Food intake among pregnant and lactating mothers at homes is lower than that at Maa Gruha, a care facility. The fieldwork coincides with the initial days of a millets intervention and could serve as a baseline for future comparison.

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Dearth in access to nutrition across socio-economic strata among rural households in West Bengal, India

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Household Dietary Diversity among the Ethnic Minority Groups in the Mekong Delta: Evidence for the Development of Public Health and Nutrition Policy in Vietnam

Household Dietary Diversity among the Ethnic Minority Groups in the Mekong Delta: Evidence for the Development of Public Health and Nutrition Policy in Vietnam

Dietary diversity and association with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among adult men (15–54 years): A cross-sectional study using National Family and Health Survey, India

Food Security among Kandhas of Kandhamal, Odisha, India: A Mixed Method Study

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