Is dietary diversity an indicator of food security or dietary quality?: a review of measurement issues and research needs

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.creator.identifierMarie Ruel: 0000-0002-9506-348X
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.number140en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorRuel, Marie T.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-24T12:43:39Zen
dc.date.available2024-10-24T12:43:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156275
dc.titleIs dietary diversity an indicator of food security or dietary quality?: a review of measurement issues and research needsen
dcterms.abstractAlthough dietary diversity is universally recognized as a key component of healthy diets, there is still a lack of consensus on how to measure and operationalize it. This paper focuses on the issues of dietary diversity in developing countries. It also draws upon experience from developed countries to address the following questions: 1. How is dietary diversity conceptualized, operationalized, and measured, and how does it relate operationally to dietary quality?; 2. Is there an association between dietary diversity and nutrient adequacy in developing countries? Between dietary diversity and child growth?; 3. What is the relationship between household-level dietary diversity and socioeconomic factors and food security?; 4. What key measurement issues need to be addressed to better operationalize and understand dietary diversity?en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRuel, Marie T. 2003. Is dietary diversity an indicator of food security or dietary quality? a review of measurement issues and research needs. FCND Discussion Paper 140. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156275en
dcterms.extent44 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfFCND Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2003
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/66936en
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.subjectdeveloping countriesen
dcterms.subjectgrowthen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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