Getting the food list ‘right’: an approach for the development of nutrition-relevant food lists for household consumption and expenditure surveys

Public Health Nutrition

Winnie Bell^1¹  Jennifer C Coates^1² 

[1] Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy,150 Harrison Avenue,Boston,MA,02111,USA^1;Tufts University School of Medicine,Boston,MA,USA^2

关键词: Food list development;    Household consumption surveys;    Dietary data;    Food consumption data;    Bangladesh;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980018002847

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

Objective The present paper aimed to demonstrate how 24 h dietary recall data can be used to generate a nutrition-relevant food list for household consumption and expenditure surveys (HCES) using contribution analysis and stepwise regression. Design The analysis used data from the 2011/12 Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS), which is nationally representative of rural Bangladesh. A total of 325 primary sampling units (PSU=village) were surveyed through a two-stage stratified sampling approach. The household food consumption module used for the analysis consisted of a 24 h open dietary recall in which the female member in charge of preparing and serving food was asked about foods and quantities consumed by the whole household. Setting Rural Bangladesh. Participants A total of 6500 households. Results The original 24 h open dietary recall data in the BIHS were comprised of 288 individual foods that were grouped into ninety-four similar food groups. Contribution analysis and stepwise regression were based on nutrients of public health interest in Bangladesh (energy, protein, fat, Fe, Zn, vitamin A). These steps revealed that a list of fifty-nine food items captures approximately 90 % of the total intake and up to 90 % of the between-person variation for the key nutrients based on the diets of the population. Conclusions The study illustrates how 24 h open dietary recall data can be used to generate a country-specific nutrition-relevant food list that could be integrated into an HCES consumption module to enable more accurate and comprehensive household-level food and nutrient analyses.

【 授权许可】

CC BY