Integrating food poverty and minimum cost diet methods into a single framework: A case study using a Nepalese household expenditure survey

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-159

  Geniez, Perrine ^a   Mathiassen, Astrid ^a,b   De Pee, Saskia ^a,c   Grede, Nils ^a   Rose, Donald ^a,d  

^a World Food Programme   (Italy)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food poverty; Household expenditure surveys; Linear optimization; Minimum cost of nutritious diet; Nepal; Nutrient poverty

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; DIET; FOOD LIMITATION; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

BAGMATI; KATHMANDU; NEPAL;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; COST; DIET; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POVERTY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905908902     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500201     Document Type: Article

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