Dietary Diversity and its Relationship with Nutritional status among adolescents and adults in rural India

Dietary diversity is associated with household or individual food availability and intake of nutrients from different food groups

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 October 2017
Country:
India
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Agriculture, Health
Authors:
Nithya, D.J., Bhavani, R.V.

Abstract

This study examined the Nutrient Adequacy Ratio (NAR) and the Mean Adequacy Ratio (MAR) of 3 dietary diversity indices and their relationship with the nutritional status of adolescents and adults in rural regions of 2 states in India, Wardha district in Maharashtra and Koraput district in Odisha, in 2014.

This research is supported by the Department for International Development’s by the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) programme

Citation

D. J. Nithya,R. V. Bhavani (2017) Dietary Diversity and its Relationship with Nutritional status among adolescents and adults in rural India Journal of Biosocial Science, 50(3), 397-413. doi:10.1017/S0021932017000463

Dietary Diversity and its Relationship with Nutritional status among adolescents and adults in rural India

Published 1 October 2017
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