Household dietary patterns and the cost of a nutritious diet in Myanmar

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorLivelihoods and Food Security Fund, Myanmaren
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryMyanmar
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MM
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.creator.identifierKristi Mahrt: 0000-0003-4697-7565
cg.creator.identifierDEREK HEADEY: 0000-0003-2476-5131
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133344en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Feed the Future
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number1854en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorMahrt, Kristien
dc.contributor.authorMather, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorHerforth, Annaen
dc.contributor.authorHeadey, Derek D.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:11:28Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:11:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147128
dc.titleHousehold dietary patterns and the cost of a nutritious diet in Myanmaren
dcterms.abstractDespite significant poverty reduction over the past decade, undernutrition in Myanmar remains widespread. Food prices play an important role in influencing diets and nutrition outcomes, especially for poorer households. In this study, we use national household food expenditure data to assess dietary patterns and estimate regional costs of nutritious diets in Myanmar relative to a recommended diet derived from food-based dietary guidelines. We estimate these costs following the cost of a recommended diet method (CoRD), which is based on minimum food group prices. We also develop and demonstrate an extension of this method using food group prices that reflect typical food consumption preferences (CoRD-FP). We assess the affordability of the recommended diet by comparing observed household food expenditure to the CoRD and the CoRD-FP. In 2015, 52 percent of the Myanmar population lived in households with food expenditure below the CoRD-FP, compared to 70 percent in 2010. Even the CoRD, which measures the lowest possible cost of meeting the recommended diet, exceeded household food expenditure for 32 and 24 percent of the population in 2010 and 2015, respectively. Low affordability is driven by high costs of animal-source foods and vegetables, which account for half the CoRD-FP. A majority of households over-consume staples and under-consume micronutrient-dense food groups. This imbalance is driven in part by the high caloric price of nutrient-dense foods relative to rice. The inability of more than half of households in Myanmar to afford a recommended diet at existing food expenditure levels suggests the need for policies that reduce the prices of micronutrient-dense foods, ideally through pro-poor improvements in agricultural productivity and marketing.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMahrt, Kristi; Mather, David; Herforth, Anna; and Headey, Derek D. 2019. Household dietary patterns and the cost of a nutritious diet in Myanmar. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1854. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147128en
dcterms.extent65 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2019-08-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133533en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133796en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133802en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135901en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134144en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133344en
dcterms.subjectdietary guidelinesen
dcterms.subjectfeeding frequencyen
dcterms.subjecthealthy dietsen
dcterms.subjectdietary costsen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectfood expenditureen
dcterms.subjectfood consumptionen
dcterms.subjectfood pricesen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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