Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Background: The diets of millions of poor individuals lack adequate amount of essential nutrients. Objective: To examine the determinants of household dietary diversity in Burkina Faso and assess whether the choice of a diversity metric matters. Methods: Using survey data from 2014, we construct 3 m...
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| author | Bandyopadhyay, Arkadeep Haile, Beliyou Azzarri, Carlo Somé, Jérôme |
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| description | Background: The diets of millions of poor individuals lack adequate amount of essential nutrients. Objective: To examine the determinants of household dietary diversity in Burkina Faso and assess whether the choice of a diversity metric matters. Methods: Using survey data from 2014, we construct 3 metrics—Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS), Berry Index (BI), and Healthy Food Diversity Index (HFDI). Unlike the oft-used HDDS, the BI captures the quantity distribution of food items while the HFDI captures all 3 aspects of a healthy diet—count, quantity distribution, and health value. We fit linear (for BI and HFDI) and Poisson (for HDDS) models controlling for several socioeconomic and climatic covariates. Results: Some parameter estimates are sensitive to the diversity metric with fewer significant covariates observed in the HFDI model. Overall, diets are more diverse for households in urban areas, with female or better educated heads, with higher asset-based wealth and with more diverse on-farm production, while remoteness reduces dietary diversity. Higher precipitation seems to reduce diversity, potentially driven by the spatial heterogeneity in precipitation and on-farm production diversity. Conclusions: The sensitivity of estimates to the metric used underscores potentially more complex interactions that determine the quantity distribution of food items consumed. Policies that enhance on-farm production diversity, market access, and women’s empowerment may help improve dietary diversity and subsequent nutritional benefits. Efforts should be made to compile health value data that are relevant to developing countries facing nutrition transition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1425402024-10-25T07:55:18Z Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso Bandyopadhyay, Arkadeep Haile, Beliyou Azzarri, Carlo Somé, Jérôme production households capacity development measurement nutrients nutrition poverty diversification diet dietary diversity Background: The diets of millions of poor individuals lack adequate amount of essential nutrients. Objective: To examine the determinants of household dietary diversity in Burkina Faso and assess whether the choice of a diversity metric matters. Methods: Using survey data from 2014, we construct 3 metrics—Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS), Berry Index (BI), and Healthy Food Diversity Index (HFDI). Unlike the oft-used HDDS, the BI captures the quantity distribution of food items while the HFDI captures all 3 aspects of a healthy diet—count, quantity distribution, and health value. We fit linear (for BI and HFDI) and Poisson (for HDDS) models controlling for several socioeconomic and climatic covariates. Results: Some parameter estimates are sensitive to the diversity metric with fewer significant covariates observed in the HFDI model. Overall, diets are more diverse for households in urban areas, with female or better educated heads, with higher asset-based wealth and with more diverse on-farm production, while remoteness reduces dietary diversity. Higher precipitation seems to reduce diversity, potentially driven by the spatial heterogeneity in precipitation and on-farm production diversity. Conclusions: The sensitivity of estimates to the metric used underscores potentially more complex interactions that determine the quantity distribution of food items consumed. Policies that enhance on-farm production diversity, market access, and women’s empowerment may help improve dietary diversity and subsequent nutritional benefits. Efforts should be made to compile health value data that are relevant to developing countries facing nutrition transition. 2021-12-01 2024-05-22T12:10:38Z 2024-05-22T12:10:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142540 en Open Access SAGE Publications Bandyopadhyay, Arkadeep; Haile, Beliyou; Azzarri, Carlo; and Somé, Jérôme. 2021. Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 42(4): 530-550. https://doi.org/10.1177/03795721211029092 |
| spellingShingle | production households capacity development measurement nutrients nutrition poverty diversification diet dietary diversity Bandyopadhyay, Arkadeep Haile, Beliyou Azzarri, Carlo Somé, Jérôme Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso |
| title | Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso |
| title_full | Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso |
| title_short | Analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso |
| title_sort | analyzing the drivers of household dietary diversity evidence from burkina faso |
| topic | production households capacity development measurement nutrients nutrition poverty diversification diet dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142540 |
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