Linking neighborhood food environments to dietary habits in rural South Asia: Fruit, vegetables (F&V) and ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption

TAFSSA (Transforming Agri food Systems in South Asia), a CGIAR regional integrated initiative, addresses food system challenges by delivering actionable evidence and scalable innovations in South Asia. This brief offers an overview of linkages between rural food environments and consumption of fruit...

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Main Authors: Choudhury, Samira, Afrin, Zainab Bi, Faijul Kabir, A.N.M., Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan
Format: Brochure
Language:Inglés
Published: TAFSSA 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169483
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Summary:TAFSSA (Transforming Agri food Systems in South Asia), a CGIAR regional integrated initiative, addresses food system challenges by delivering actionable evidence and scalable innovations in South Asia. This brief offers an overview of linkages between rural food environments and consumption of fruits, vegetables and ultra-processed foods in Bangladesh and India. The findings can assist policymakers in redesigning food environments to promote the availability of healthy foods and monitor the sales of unhealthy products.