Application of the Nutrition Functional Diversity indicator to assess food system contributions to dietary diversity and sustainable diets of Malawian households

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2479-2487

  Luckett, Brian G ^a   DeClerck, Fabrice A J ^b   Fanzo, Jessica ^c   Mundorf, Adrienne R ^d   Rose, Donald ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary diversity; Indicator; Malawi; Nutritional functional diversity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROP; DIET; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; NUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEASON;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS;

EID: 84941171254     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001500169X     Document Type: Article

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