Food variety and dietary diversity scores in children: are they good indicators of dietary adequacy?

By N. Steyn, J. Nel, G. Nantel, G. Kennedy, D. Labadarios. Public Health Nutrition, 2006

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Subfields: Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In Nutrition and Dietetics

1. B. Minten
2. David Stifel
3. John Hoddinott
4. G. Kennedy
5. Kalle Hirvonen
6. Christopher B. Barrett
7. Yélé Maweki Batana

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. David Stifel
2. John Hoddinott
3. B. Minten
4. G. Kennedy
5. Kalle Hirvonen

Citations in the corpus

• Food Access Deficiencies in Sub-saharan Africa: Prevalence and Implications for Agricultural Interventions (2019, background): “Food security of access scales and diet diversity scores have been favorably assessed as proxies for nutrient adequacy (Torheim et al., 2004; Steyn et al., 2006; Lachat et al., 2017), diet quality (Savy et al.”
• Measuring nutritional diversity of national food supplies (2014, background): “Diet diversity has long been recognized as important for adequate nutrient intake (Shimbo et al. 1994; Hatloy et al., 1998; Foote et al., 2004; Steyn et al., 2006; Moursi et al., 2008) and human health (Arimond and Ruel, 2004; Kant et al.”
• Factors influencing household food security among smallholder farmers in the Mudzi district of Zimbabwe (2014, background): “In contrast, a low HDDS is associated with a high intake of starch staples; this contributes to nutritional problems, as these staples are low in micronutrients (Steyn et al., 2006).”
• Evaluation of dietary diversity scores for assessment of micronutrient intake and food security in developing countries (2009, background): “In four African countries, Kenya (6), Niger (7), Ghana and Malawi (12), DDS was found to be 6, 4.”
• Children’s Diets, Nutrition Knowledge, and Access to Markets (2017, background): “Other studies that have shown that this dietary diversity score is correlated with micronutrient intake and density in developing countries include Daniels et al. (2009), Kennedy et al. (2007) and Steyn et al. (2006), and in the United States, Kant (1996, 2004).”
• Determinants of rural household dietary diversity: The case of Amatole and Nyandeni districts, South Africa (2013, background): “Several authors therefore argue that, quality of diets is directly correlated to dietary diversity and inversely related to malnutrition (Azadbakht et al., 2005; Styen et al., 2006).”
• Improving the Measurement of Food Security (2012, neutral): “72 (Kennedy et al. 2007; Steyn et al. 2006).”