Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam

Fruit and vegetable consumption is below the WHO recommendations, globally, in Southeast Asia, and in West Africa. Affordability, accessibility, and acceptability are the main drivers of consumption. Nutrition-sensitive food system interventions that address these drivers may be effective in increas...

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Autores principales: Pastori, Giulia, Talsma, Elise F., Feskens, Edith J. M., Huong, Le Thi, Samuel, Folake O., Shittu, Oluyemisi F., Eyinla, Toluwalope E., de Brauw, Alan, Ambler, Kate, Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid, Hernandez, Ricardo, Even, Brice, Meldrum, Gennifer, De Filippo, Amanda, Xuan, Le Thi Thanh, Phuong, Ngo Thi Ha, Mai, Truong Tuyet, Lundy, Mark, Brouwer, Inge D.
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Publicado: Springer 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175044
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author Pastori, Giulia
Talsma, Elise F.
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Huong, Le Thi
Samuel, Folake O.
Shittu, Oluyemisi F.
Eyinla, Toluwalope E.
de Brauw, Alan
Ambler, Kate
Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid
Hernandez, Ricardo
Even, Brice
Meldrum, Gennifer
De Filippo, Amanda
Xuan, Le Thi Thanh
Phuong, Ngo Thi Ha
Mai, Truong Tuyet
Lundy, Mark
Brouwer, Inge D.
author_browse Ambler, Kate
Brouwer, Inge D.
De Filippo, Amanda
Even, Brice
Eyinla, Toluwalope E.
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Hernandez, Ricardo
Huong, Le Thi
Lundy, Mark
Mai, Truong Tuyet
Meldrum, Gennifer
Pastori, Giulia
Phuong, Ngo Thi Ha
Samuel, Folake O.
Shittu, Oluyemisi F.
Talsma, Elise F.
Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid
Xuan, Le Thi Thanh
de Brauw, Alan
author_facet Pastori, Giulia
Talsma, Elise F.
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Huong, Le Thi
Samuel, Folake O.
Shittu, Oluyemisi F.
Eyinla, Toluwalope E.
de Brauw, Alan
Ambler, Kate
Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid
Hernandez, Ricardo
Even, Brice
Meldrum, Gennifer
De Filippo, Amanda
Xuan, Le Thi Thanh
Phuong, Ngo Thi Ha
Mai, Truong Tuyet
Lundy, Mark
Brouwer, Inge D.
author_sort Pastori, Giulia
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description Fruit and vegetable consumption is below the WHO recommendations, globally, in Southeast Asia, and in West Africa. Affordability, accessibility, and acceptability are the main drivers of consumption. Nutrition-sensitive food system interventions that address these drivers may be effective in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. This study evaluates the effect of an integrated nutrition-sensitive program that aimed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in low-income urban adults in Hanoi, Vietnam (n = 582), and Ibadan, Nigeria (n = 626), through the simultaneous implementation of three interventions at the market and consumer levels. Fruit and vegetable intake data were collected after eight months of exposure to the program with repeated quantitative 24-hour recalls and exposure effect was estimated with inverse probability weighting with regression adjustment, adjusting for potential confounders. The impact size on total fruits and vegetables (144 g/d, 95%CI 93, 196), fruits (137 g/d, 95%CI 93, 183) and vegetables (6 g/d, 95%CI -12, 24) showed that intake was higher in the exposed Nigerian population than the control group. In Vietnam, intakes of fruits and vegetables in the exposed group did not statistically differ from the control group when controlling for differences between groups with propensity scores. Participants exposed to all three interventions reported slightly higher intakes compared to those who were exposed to fewer interventions, but these differences were not statistically significant. Integrated approaches of nutrition-sensitive food system interventions need to be implemented to increase fruit and vegetable consumption. Co-creation of interventions provides the possibility to address the different drivers and barriers of healthy diets specific of the context.
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spelling CGSpace1750442025-10-26T12:55:29Z Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam Pastori, Giulia Talsma, Elise F. Feskens, Edith J. M. Huong, Le Thi Samuel, Folake O. Shittu, Oluyemisi F. Eyinla, Toluwalope E. de Brauw, Alan Ambler, Kate Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid Hernandez, Ricardo Even, Brice Meldrum, Gennifer De Filippo, Amanda Xuan, Le Thi Thanh Phuong, Ngo Thi Ha Mai, Truong Tuyet Lundy, Mark Brouwer, Inge D. adults diet food systems fruits vegetables Fruit and vegetable consumption is below the WHO recommendations, globally, in Southeast Asia, and in West Africa. Affordability, accessibility, and acceptability are the main drivers of consumption. Nutrition-sensitive food system interventions that address these drivers may be effective in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. This study evaluates the effect of an integrated nutrition-sensitive program that aimed to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in low-income urban adults in Hanoi, Vietnam (n = 582), and Ibadan, Nigeria (n = 626), through the simultaneous implementation of three interventions at the market and consumer levels. Fruit and vegetable intake data were collected after eight months of exposure to the program with repeated quantitative 24-hour recalls and exposure effect was estimated with inverse probability weighting with regression adjustment, adjusting for potential confounders. The impact size on total fruits and vegetables (144 g/d, 95%CI 93, 196), fruits (137 g/d, 95%CI 93, 183) and vegetables (6 g/d, 95%CI -12, 24) showed that intake was higher in the exposed Nigerian population than the control group. In Vietnam, intakes of fruits and vegetables in the exposed group did not statistically differ from the control group when controlling for differences between groups with propensity scores. Participants exposed to all three interventions reported slightly higher intakes compared to those who were exposed to fewer interventions, but these differences were not statistically significant. Integrated approaches of nutrition-sensitive food system interventions need to be implemented to increase fruit and vegetable consumption. Co-creation of interventions provides the possibility to address the different drivers and barriers of healthy diets specific of the context. 2025-06 2025-06-10T15:17:28Z 2025-06-10T15:17:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175044 en Open Access Springer Pastori, Giulia; Talsma, Elise F.; Feskens, Edith J. M.; Huong, Le Thi; Samuel, Folake O.; Shittu, Oluyemisi F.; et al. 2025. Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam. Food Security 17(3): 641–655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-025-01529-5
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diet
food systems
fruits
vegetables
Pastori, Giulia
Talsma, Elise F.
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Huong, Le Thi
Samuel, Folake O.
Shittu, Oluyemisi F.
Eyinla, Toluwalope E.
de Brauw, Alan
Ambler, Kate
Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid
Hernandez, Ricardo
Even, Brice
Meldrum, Gennifer
De Filippo, Amanda
Xuan, Le Thi Thanh
Phuong, Ngo Thi Ha
Mai, Truong Tuyet
Lundy, Mark
Brouwer, Inge D.
Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam
title Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam
title_full Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam
title_fullStr Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam
title_short Impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in Nigeria and Vietnam
title_sort impact of food system interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake among urban adults in nigeria and vietnam
topic adults
diet
food systems
fruits
vegetables
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175044
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