This supplement aims to disseminate results obtained from the fi rst dietary survey carried out in Brazil, in which food records for two non-consecutive days were obtained for each interviewee. The supplement contains six studies which address aspects linked to analyzing the prevalence of consumption of different foods, inadequate intake in different age groups, guidelines for analyzing the sam...

Mali is a Sahelian country and structurally vulnerable to food insecurity malnutrition caused by the recent humanitarian crises has faced. The aim of present study was assess household consumption identify essential determinants for increasing dietary diversity improving one pillars security local populations in locality Bankass Koro. data from survey around 1396 households subjected an ordinal...

BACKGROUND High food insecurity has been demonstrated in rural American Indian households, but little is known about American Indian families in urban settings or the association of food insecurity with diet for these families. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of food insecurity in American Indian households by urban-rural status, correlates of food insecurity in these ho...

Biofortification, breeding staple food crops to be a dense source of essential micronutrients, is fast emerging as a strategy to fight micronutrient malnutrition. Large scale investments in biofortification are being made in dozens of developing countries, but until now there has been little rigorous evidence of the impact of these investments and the strategies that can make biofortification s...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the National Food Consumption Survey (NFCS) in South Africa was to determine the nutrient intakes and anthropometric status of children (1-9 years old), as well as factors that influence their dietary intake. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of all children aged 1-9 years in South Africa. A nationally representative sample wit...

Nutrition problems persist over several decades in most developing countries. Poor and vulnerable households low-income countries do not have sufficient disposable sources to access adequate diverse diets. This study analyzes the household nutrition consumption patterns Pakistan at a provincial level. The log-linear Engel’s curve approach is applied using household-level data comprising 16,340 ...

Empirical studies show that smallholder farmers can benefit from collective action by improving their crop production and access to better markets. Although there are numerous on the effects of marketing staple crops, such studies, particularly analysis gender action, scarce for underutilized crops as baobab. To address this gap, we estimate impacts cooperative membership baobab income food sec...

The consumption of fish is accepted by all ages and social groups. Moreover, rich in both micro, macro-nutrients minerals which are suitable for human development. objectives the study was to profile socio-economic characteristics households Mopani District Municipality, describe rural households’ pattern inland fisheries and, analyse factors that influence area. A total 134 were interviewed us...