Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop

Simple item page
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of South Carolinaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asiaen
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen
cg.creator.identifierSunny S. Kim: 0000-0003-3960-3354en
cg.creator.identifierPurnima Menon: 0000-0001-5988-2894en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.104582en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nutrition, Diets, and Health Uniten
cg.identifier.publicationRankBen
cg.issn2475-2991en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalCurrent Developments in Nutritionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen
cg.volume9en
dc.contributor.authorBlake, Christine E.en
dc.contributor.authorKim, Sunny S.en
dc.contributor.authorFrongillo, Edward A.en
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Purnimaen
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-25T13:10:10Zen
dc.date.available2025-03-25T13:10:10Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173841
dc.titleResearch priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshopen
dcterms.abstractAgrifood 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 [1]. Food choice is defined as a decision-making process through which individuals and households consider, acquire, prepare, distribute, and consume foods and beverages [2,3]. Understanding drivers of food choice (DFC) is important for achieving sustainable healthy diets, but evidence is lacking. This article 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 a continuum of food choice behaviors (production, acquisition, preparation, distribution, and consumption). Workshop participants identified the following 3 main priorities for future research on DFC that address knowledge gaps that emerged from discussions: 1) intrahousehold dynamics and behaviors, 2) adolescent food choice, and 3) market and food acquisition linkages. Specific research needs to emphasize the importance of multigenerational 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2025-03-10en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBlake, Christine E.; Kim, Sunny S.; Frongillo, Edward A.; and Menon, Purnima. 2025. Research priorities for drivers of food choice for food system transformation in South Asia: Proceedings of a collaborative workshop. Current Developments in Nutrition 9(4): 104582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.104582en
dcterms.extent104582en
dcterms.issued2025-04en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136874en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136543en
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectfeeding preferencesen
dcterms.subjectfood environmenten
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjecthealthy dietsen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

Files

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.75 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

IFPRI Journal Articles
CGIAR Initiative on Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia