Proxy measures of household food consumption for food security assessment and surveillance: Comparison of the household dietary diversity and food consumption scores

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2010-2018

  Kennedy, Gina ^a   Berardo, Andrea ^b   Papavero, Cinzia ^b   Horjus, Peter ^b   Ballard, Terri ^a   Dop, Marieclaude ^a   Delbaere, Jan ^b   Brouwer, Inge D ^c  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b World Food Programme   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary diversity; Food consumption; Household food access; Household food security

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; LAOS; MULTICENTER STUDY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

BURKINA FASO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LAOS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 79451472568     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001000145X     Document Type: Article

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