Measuring dietary diversity in rural Burkina Faso: comparison of a 1-day and a 3-day dietary recall

Public Health Nutrition

P Traissac¹  Y Martin-Prével¹  F Delpeuch¹  M Savy¹ 

关键词: Dietary diversity score;    Dietary assessment;    Recall period;    Women;    Nutritional status;    Burkina Faso;    Africa;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980007219627

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivesTo compare dietary diversity scores measured over a 1-day and a 3-day period, and to assess their relationships with socio-economic characteristics and the nutritional status of rural African women.DesignA qualitative dietary recall allowed calculation of a dietary diversity score (DDS; number of food groups consumed out of a total of nine). Body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage (BFP) were used to assess the nutritional status of women.Setting and subjectsA representative sample of 550 mothers in north-east Burkina Faso.ResultsThe DDS increased from 3.5 to 4.4 when calculated from a 1-day or a 3-day recall (P 

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