Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks

Food security in Bangladesh has improved in recent years, but the country is now facing a double burden of malnutrition while also being highly vulnerable to climate change. Little is known about how this may affect food supply to different sectors of the population. To inform this, we used a nation...

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Main Authors: Ali, Zakari, Scheelbeek, Pauline F. D., Sanin, Kazi Istiaque, Thomas, Timothy S., Ahmed, Tahmeed, Prentice, Andrew M., Green, Rosemary
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142830
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author Ali, Zakari
Scheelbeek, Pauline F. D.
Sanin, Kazi Istiaque
Thomas, Timothy S.
Ahmed, Tahmeed
Prentice, Andrew M.
Green, Rosemary
author_browse Ahmed, Tahmeed
Ali, Zakari
Green, Rosemary
Prentice, Andrew M.
Sanin, Kazi Istiaque
Scheelbeek, Pauline F. D.
Thomas, Timothy S.
author_facet Ali, Zakari
Scheelbeek, Pauline F. D.
Sanin, Kazi Istiaque
Thomas, Timothy S.
Ahmed, Tahmeed
Prentice, Andrew M.
Green, Rosemary
author_sort Ali, Zakari
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description Food security in Bangladesh has improved in recent years, but the country is now facing a double burden of malnutrition while also being highly vulnerable to climate change. Little is known about how this may affect food supply to different sectors of the population. To inform this, we used a national dietary survey of 800 rural households to define dietary patterns using latent class analysis. Nutrient adequacy of dietary patterns and their potential vulnerability to climate shocks (based on diversity of calorie sources) were assessed. We fitted mixed effects logistic regression models to identify factors associated with dietary patterns. Four dietary patterns were identified: rice and low diversity; wheat and high diversity; pulses and vegetables; meat and fish. The wheat and high diversity and meat and fish patterns tended to be consumed by households with higher levels of wealth and education, while the rice and low diversity pattern was consumed by households with lower levels of wealth and education. The pulses and vegetables pattern was consumed by households of intermediate socio-economic status. While energy intake was high, fat and protein intake were suboptimal for all patterns except for the wheat and high diversity pattern. All patterns had fruit and vegetable intake below the WHO recommendation. The wheat and high diversity pattern was least vulnerable to shocks, while the rice and low diversity pattern was the most vulnerable, relying mainly on single cereal staples. The diets showed “double vulnerability” where the nutrient inadequate patterns were also those most vulnerable to shocks.
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spelling CGSpace1428302025-02-19T13:42:02Z Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks Ali, Zakari Scheelbeek, Pauline F. D. Sanin, Kazi Istiaque Thomas, Timothy S. Ahmed, Tahmeed Prentice, Andrew M. Green, Rosemary agricultural production shock households vulnerability rice vegetables staple foods malnutrition nutrition meal patterns food security fish food consumption meat diet rural areas climate change Food security in Bangladesh has improved in recent years, but the country is now facing a double burden of malnutrition while also being highly vulnerable to climate change. Little is known about how this may affect food supply to different sectors of the population. To inform this, we used a national dietary survey of 800 rural households to define dietary patterns using latent class analysis. Nutrient adequacy of dietary patterns and their potential vulnerability to climate shocks (based on diversity of calorie sources) were assessed. We fitted mixed effects logistic regression models to identify factors associated with dietary patterns. Four dietary patterns were identified: rice and low diversity; wheat and high diversity; pulses and vegetables; meat and fish. The wheat and high diversity and meat and fish patterns tended to be consumed by households with higher levels of wealth and education, while the rice and low diversity pattern was consumed by households with lower levels of wealth and education. The pulses and vegetables pattern was consumed by households of intermediate socio-economic status. While energy intake was high, fat and protein intake were suboptimal for all patterns except for the wheat and high diversity pattern. All patterns had fruit and vegetable intake below the WHO recommendation. The wheat and high diversity pattern was least vulnerable to shocks, while the rice and low diversity pattern was the most vulnerable, relying mainly on single cereal staples. The diets showed “double vulnerability” where the nutrient inadequate patterns were also those most vulnerable to shocks. 2021-07-13 2024-05-22T12:11:08Z 2024-05-22T12:11:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142830 en Open Access MDPI Ali, Zakari; Scheelbeek, Pauline F. D.; Sanin, Kazi Istiaque; Thomas, Timothy S.; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Prentice, Andrew M.; and Green, Rosemary. 2021. Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks. Nutrients 13(6): 2049. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13062049
spellingShingle agricultural production
shock
households
vulnerability
rice
vegetables
staple foods
malnutrition
nutrition
meal patterns
food security
fish
food consumption
meat
diet
rural areas
climate change
Ali, Zakari
Scheelbeek, Pauline F. D.
Sanin, Kazi Istiaque
Thomas, Timothy S.
Ahmed, Tahmeed
Prentice, Andrew M.
Green, Rosemary
Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks
title Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks
title_full Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks
title_fullStr Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks
title_short Characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural Bangladesh: Nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks
title_sort characteristics of distinct dietary patterns in rural bangladesh nutrient adequacy and vulnerability to shocks
topic agricultural production
shock
households
vulnerability
rice
vegetables
staple foods
malnutrition
nutrition
meal patterns
food security
fish
food consumption
meat
diet
rural areas
climate change
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142830
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