Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa
Suboptimal diets are the most important preventable risk factor for the global burden of non-communicable diseases. The EAT-Lancet reference diet was therefore developed as a benchmark for gauging divergence from healthy eating standards. However, no previous research has comprehensively explored ho...
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| author | Headey, Derek D. Ecker, Olivier Comstock, Andrew R. Ruel, Marie T. |
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| description | Suboptimal diets are the most important preventable risk factor for the global burden of non-communicable diseases. The EAT-Lancet reference diet was therefore developed as a benchmark for gauging divergence from healthy eating standards. However, no previous research has comprehensively explored how and why this divergence exists in poorer countries undergoing nutrition transitions. This study therefore analyzes dietary patterns and drivers of the demand for nutritious foods using nationally representative household surveys from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. We show how barriers to dietary convergence stem from combinations of poverty, high relative food prices and weak preferences for some specific healthy foods. The article concludes by discussing interventions for strengthening consumer demand for healthy diets in Africa. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1316902025-10-26T12:50:25Z Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa Headey, Derek D. Ecker, Olivier Comstock, Andrew R. Ruel, Marie T. data analysis diet food security healthy diets households income non-communicable diseases nutrition poverty Suboptimal diets are the most important preventable risk factor for the global burden of non-communicable diseases. The EAT-Lancet reference diet was therefore developed as a benchmark for gauging divergence from healthy eating standards. However, no previous research has comprehensively explored how and why this divergence exists in poorer countries undergoing nutrition transitions. This study therefore analyzes dietary patterns and drivers of the demand for nutritious foods using nationally representative household surveys from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. We show how barriers to dietary convergence stem from combinations of poverty, high relative food prices and weak preferences for some specific healthy foods. The article concludes by discussing interventions for strengthening consumer demand for healthy diets in Africa. 2023-03 2023-08-30T20:39:39Z 2023-08-30T20:39:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131690 en Open Access Elsevier Headey, Derek D.; Ecker, Olivier; Comstock, Andrew R.; and Ruel, Marie T. 2023. Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Food Security 36(March 2023): 100664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100664 |
| spellingShingle | data analysis diet food security healthy diets households income non-communicable diseases nutrition poverty Headey, Derek D. Ecker, Olivier Comstock, Andrew R. Ruel, Marie T. Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Poverty, price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | poverty price and preference barriers to improving diets in sub saharan africa |
| topic | data analysis diet food security healthy diets households income non-communicable diseases nutrition poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131690 |
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