Use of variety/diversity scores for diet quality measurement: Relation with nutritional status of women in a rural area in Burkina Faso

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 703-716

  Savy, M ^a,b   Martin Prevel Y ^a   Sawadogo, P ^a,c   Kameli, Y ^d   Delpeuch, F ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Burkina Faso; Dietary diversity; Food variety; Nutritional status; Rural area; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BURKINA FASO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FINANCE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 19144370265     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602135     Document Type: Article

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