Longitudinal analysis of the intrahousehold distribution of foods in rural Nepal: Relative variability of child dietary quality across age and sex cohorts

Finaret, Amelia B.; Miller, Laurie C.; Joshi, Nidhi; Mahato, Shubh; Lohani, Mahendra; Drozdowsky, Julia; Rogers, BL

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.06.003

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“…It also distantly relates to the broader literature on time-allocation decisions (for example, Becker 1965) by providing richer insights into the returns to cooking time. Third, the study builds on a large literature on intrahousehold variations on nutrition (for example, Pitt et al 1990;Haddad et al 1997), and variations among children (for example, Finaret et al 2018) and women in particular (for example, Bhandari et al 2016;Harris-Fry et al 2017. Fourth, the study also contributes to the related literature on Tajikistan (Azzarri & Zezza 2011;Mukhamedova & Wegerich 2018;Wood et al 2018;Klassen et al 2018;Takeshima et al 2019).…”

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Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages, Cooking-Time, Intrahousehold Equality Among Women and Children: Evidence from Tajikistan

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Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages, Cooking-Time, Intrahousehold Equality Among Women and Children: Evidence from Tajikistan

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“…Moreover, there are many misconceptions regarding nutritional knowledge. For example, one statement regarding nutrition is that children consume nearly one-fourth as much food as they require in adult life [11]. This type of perception may create difficulty in ensuring equitable diversity and food intake within households.…”

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“…During the questionnaire surveys, information was collected on age, area of residence, father education, mother education, total household earners, occupation of the household head, religion, family structure and household eating practices. Some of the literature finds that the relationship between age and the DDS is not linear [11,30]. Therefore, the age of the subjects is categorized into three groups: children (below 16 years old), adults (between 16 and 60 years old) and elderly individuals (above 60 years old), and we create separate dummy variables to accommodate the possible nonlinearity in the analysis, following the past literature [31][32][33].…”

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“…Singh [10] assesses intrahousehold food discrimination in India and finds that sex has a significant effect on child nutrition. However, Finaret et al [11] examine dietary patterns of children within households in Nepal and demonstrate that there are not sex biases but age biases in intrahousehold food allocation. Overall, these studies establish sex discrimination in intrahousehold food intake by focusing on certain age groups.…”

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Intrahousehold Food Intake Inequality by Family Roles and Age Groups

Asma

Kotani

2023

Nutrients

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Food intake inequality at the individual level is rarely analyzed in intrahousehold settings. We examine dietary diversity scores of household members with a focus on their family roles (fathers, mothers, sons, daughters and grandparents) and age groups (children, adults and elderly). Whereas theory suggests that members in a household should have equal dietary diversity by receiving a certain share of available foods, this research hypothesizes that they do not do so by their roles and/or age groups. We conduct questionnaire surveys, collecting sociodemographic information and dietary data by using a 24 h recall method of 3248 subjects in 811 households from 1 urban and 2 rural areas in Bangladesh. The statistical analysis demonstrates three findings. First, poor and rural people have lower dietary diversity than nonpoor and urban people, respectively. Second, grandparents (children) have lower dietary diversity than do fathers (adults), confirming the existence of intrahousehold food intake inequality by the roles and/or age groups, irrespective of poverty level and areas of residence. Third, father and mother educations are crucial determinants that raise the dietary diversity of household members; however, they do not resolve the inequality. Overall, it is suggested that awareness programs of dietary diversity shall be necessary with a target group of fathers and mothers for the betterment of intrahousehold inequality and health at the household level, contributing to sustainable development goals.

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“…Our research showed that males on average uptake more calories as compared to females (Table 1). A study reported that the caloric requirement of males is greater than females 19 . Moreover, according to a nutritional survey inadequate uptake of vitamins and minerals is a rising health concern among adolescents with increased prevalence among females as compared to males 20 .…”

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Evaluation of nutritional deficits among adolescents in Tando Muhammad Khan district via anthropometric measures

Ahmed¹,

Rajar²,

Bhatti³

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Int. j. endorsing health sci. res.

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Background: Researchers have long struggled to devise adequate measures that can be used to assess nutritional status. Apart from the ongoing debate, the most recommended indicator for identification of nutritional imbalances is anthropometry. The aim of the study was to assess the association of anthropometric measures with nutritional status among the children. Methodology: This cross-sectional, observational study was conducted from February to September 2018 upon the children from grade 5-8. A total of 264 children were selected via non-probability; consecutive sampling technique from a welfare school of Tando Muhammad Khan District. Data was collected by means of a structured questionnaire inquiring the nutritional status and anthropometric measurements in addition to the demographic details. Informed consent was obtained from the guardians/parents of the respondents. The collected data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 and Microsoft (MS) Excel 2013. Results: According to the results, 158 out of 264 subjects were males with the mean caloric intake of 1560±1120 calories while 106 females with a mean caloric intake of 1410±1340 calories. Furthermore, a greater number of females were observed having nutritional deficiencies. The anthropometric indices were found associated with nutritional status i.e. among the deficient group, children with deranged BMI, mid-arm, waist, hip and mid-thigh circumference were common. Conclusion: It is apparent through the study results that the association of anthropometric measures and nutritional status is well established and it proves to be a remarkable indicator of nutritional status.

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Longitudinal analysis of the intrahousehold distribution of foods in rural Nepal: Relative variability of child dietary quality across age and sex cohorts

Cited by 5 publications

References 39 publications

Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages, Cooking-Time, Intrahousehold Equality Among Women and Children: Evidence from Tajikistan

Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages, Cooking-Time, Intrahousehold Equality Among Women and Children: Evidence from Tajikistan

Intrahousehold Food Intake Inequality by Family Roles and Age Groups

Evaluation of nutritional deficits among adolescents in Tando Muhammad Khan district via anthropometric measures

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