Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop
Agrifood systems in South Asia are highly productive, but substantial challenges including poverty, climate change, and environmental degradation complicate progress toward achieving sustainable healthy diets for all. The dynamics of food systems and the consequence of their rapid transformation for...
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| author | Blake, Christine Kim, Sunny S. Frongillo, Edward Avula, Rasmi Menon, Purnima |
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| description | Agrifood systems in South Asia are highly productive, but substantial challenges including poverty, climate change, and environmental degradation complicate progress toward achieving sustainable healthy diets for all. The dynamics of food systems and the consequence of their rapid transformation for food choice behaviors that contribute to healthy and unhealthy diets are not well understood. Food choice is defined as a decision-making process through which individuals consider, acquire, prepare, distribute, and consume foods and beverages. Understanding drivers of food choice (DFC) is important for achieving sustainable healthy diets, but evidence is lacking. This paper outlines collectively derived priorities for future research on DFC in South Asia. A collaborative workshop was convened in March 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh with experts from the region. The workshop emphasized the application of a science of food choice framework to guide identification of priorities for research on DFC in South Asia. Priorities were derived through an interdisciplinary collaborative process to clarify what is known and not known about DFC in the context of food systems transformation in the region with emphasis on behaviors along the food production-consumption continuum. Workshop participants identified three main priorities for future research on DFC that address knowledge gaps in 1) intrahousehold dynamics and behaviors, 2) adolescent food choice, and 3) market and food acquisition linkages. Specific research needs to emphasize the importance of multi-generational data, food allocation, perceptions on food safety, adolescent food choice behaviors, and the need for longitudinal data on linkages between market availability and food choice behaviors. Building a body of evidence on DFC and tools for monitoring and assessing food choice behaviors is essential for designing effective policies and programs that allow all individuals to have healthy and sustainable diets in South Asia. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1693612025-04-08T18:31:04Z Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop Blake, Christine Kim, Sunny S. Frongillo, Edward Avula, Rasmi Menon, Purnima food food systems diet feeding preferences intrahousehold relations markets sustainability Agrifood systems in South Asia are highly productive, but substantial challenges including poverty, climate change, and environmental degradation complicate progress toward achieving sustainable healthy diets for all. The dynamics of food systems and the consequence of their rapid transformation for food choice behaviors that contribute to healthy and unhealthy diets are not well understood. Food choice is defined as a decision-making process through which individuals consider, acquire, prepare, distribute, and consume foods and beverages. Understanding drivers of food choice (DFC) is important for achieving sustainable healthy diets, but evidence is lacking. This paper outlines collectively derived priorities for future research on DFC in South Asia. A collaborative workshop was convened in March 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh with experts from the region. The workshop emphasized the application of a science of food choice framework to guide identification of priorities for research on DFC in South Asia. Priorities were derived through an interdisciplinary collaborative process to clarify what is known and not known about DFC in the context of food systems transformation in the region with emphasis on behaviors along the food production-consumption continuum. Workshop participants identified three main priorities for future research on DFC that address knowledge gaps in 1) intrahousehold dynamics and behaviors, 2) adolescent food choice, and 3) market and food acquisition linkages. Specific research needs to emphasize the importance of multi-generational data, food allocation, perceptions on food safety, adolescent food choice behaviors, and the need for longitudinal data on linkages between market availability and food choice behaviors. Building a body of evidence on DFC and tools for monitoring and assessing food choice behaviors is essential for designing effective policies and programs that allow all individuals to have healthy and sustainable diets in South Asia. 2024-12-20 2025-01-17T17:19:30Z 2025-01-17T17:19:30Z Preprint https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169361 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127434 Open Access Blake, Christine; Kim, Sunny S.; Frongillo, Edward; Avula, Rasmi; and Menon, Purnima. 2024. Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop. SSRN Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5069425 |
| spellingShingle | food food systems diet feeding preferences intrahousehold relations markets sustainability Blake, Christine Kim, Sunny S. Frongillo, Edward Avula, Rasmi Menon, Purnima Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop |
| title | Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop |
| title_full | Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop |
| title_fullStr | Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop |
| title_short | Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop |
| title_sort | research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in south asia proceedings of a collaborative workshop |
| topic | food food systems diet feeding preferences intrahousehold relations markets sustainability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169361 |
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