Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia
The rapid South Asia rural transformation, driven by globalization and industrialization, has introduced a complex interaction between traditional and modern food systems. This study characterizes rural food environments in five districts across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, focusing on how affordab...
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| author | Chauhan, Alka Scott, Samuel P. Joe, William Maharjan, Nanda Kumar Menon, Purnima Chakrabarti, Suman |
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| description | The rapid South Asia rural transformation, driven by globalization and industrialization, has introduced a complex interaction between traditional and modern food systems. This study characterizes rural food environments in five districts across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, focusing on how affordability, availability, accessibility, desirability, and convenience shape dietary choices and quality. Through extensive household and market surveys, we find rural diets characterized by low intake of healthy foods and moderate to high consumption of unhealthy options, influenced by a lack of affordability and the desirability and widespread availability of cheap ultra-processed products in rural markets. Snacking plays a significant role in shaping dietary patterns, promoting both dietary diversity and unhealthy food consumption. These findings provide essential insights for designing interventions tailored to rural food systems, supporting efforts to improve nutrition and health outcomes in rapidly changing markets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1692682025-01-16T15:03:27Z Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia Chauhan, Alka Scott, Samuel P. Joe, William Maharjan, Nanda Kumar Menon, Purnima Chakrabarti, Suman capacity building rural areas diet food environment feeding preferences The rapid South Asia rural transformation, driven by globalization and industrialization, has introduced a complex interaction between traditional and modern food systems. This study characterizes rural food environments in five districts across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, focusing on how affordability, availability, accessibility, desirability, and convenience shape dietary choices and quality. Through extensive household and market surveys, we find rural diets characterized by low intake of healthy foods and moderate to high consumption of unhealthy options, influenced by a lack of affordability and the desirability and widespread availability of cheap ultra-processed products in rural markets. Snacking plays a significant role in shaping dietary patterns, promoting both dietary diversity and unhealthy food consumption. These findings provide essential insights for designing interventions tailored to rural food systems, supporting efforts to improve nutrition and health outcomes in rapidly changing markets. 2025-01-07 2025-01-16T15:03:27Z 2025-01-16T15:03:27Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169268 en https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.08.25320196 Open Access Chauhan, Alka; Scott, Samuel P.; Joe, William; Maharjan, Nanda Kumar; Menon, Purnima; and Chakrabarti, Suman. 2025. Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia. SSRN Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5082127 |
| spellingShingle | capacity building rural areas diet food environment feeding preferences Chauhan, Alka Scott, Samuel P. Joe, William Maharjan, Nanda Kumar Menon, Purnima Chakrabarti, Suman Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia |
| title | Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia |
| title_full | Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia |
| title_fullStr | Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia |
| title_short | Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia |
| title_sort | rural diets under pressure food environments and their influence on food choice in south asia |
| topic | capacity building rural areas diet food environment feeding preferences |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169268 |
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