This study examines the relationship between of food group intake and household income in a representative Japanese population. A total of 11,015 subjects (5,127 men and 5,888 women) aged 20 to 79 years, in 5,475 households who were part of the National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan, in 2010 and 2011 were analyzed. Dietary intake was recorded for one day in November for those aged one year...

as cost of living rises and people’s wages / salaries do not cover their basic food and dietary needs, interest in parttime farming has risen. part-time farming activities are being practiced by different people as a food security strategy from vulnerable households. but these part-time farms have had limited success in providing food/nutrition security, increasing incomes and improving well-be...

This research aims to analyze the level of vegetables accessibility P2L participants and nonparticipants household, identify knowledge consumption patterns household non-participants Pekarangan Pangan Lestari (P2L) activities. was conducted at Pelita Jaya Village using a survey method with sample 60 households consisting 30 participating in activities, nonparticipating Data collection carried o...

Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan: A Distribution-Sensitive Analysis of Household-Level Impacts We investigate the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally-representative data collected in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008. We use a new estimator, the Unconditional Quantile Regression (UQR) estimator, based on influence functions to ex...

BACKGROUND There has been limited decline in undernutrition rates in South Asia compared with the rest of Asia and one reason for this may be low levels of household food security. However, the evidence base on the determinants of household food security is limited. To develop policies intended to improve household food security, improved knowledge of the determinants of household food security...

This study set out to estimate the effects of large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) on household food security in one community each Kenya, Madagascar and Mozambique. An endogenous switching regression model was adopted control for a possible selection bias due unobserved factors. It found that households with members employed by investment companies were more likely larger headed younge...

Food security issues become one of the critical concerns and top priority areas for Ethiopia. This study analyzed rural households’ food status its determinants in Minjar Shenkora woreda Amhara Regional State Ada’a Oromia State. Data were collected from 240 randomly selected farm households. The employed both descriptive statistics a binary logistic regression model to estimate security, respec...

This study investigates the gap in dietary diversity and thereby quantifies this into its main drivers between rural urban households. The statistical analysis based on data from Household Integrated Expenditures Survey 2018-19 for Pakistan shows that there is a significant mean difference household across rural-urban regions. To quantify regions, multivariate nonlinear Oaxaca-Blinder decomposi...

Abstract Background Dietary diversity is a good alternative measure of the nutritional adequacy and food security. The present study assessed household dietary status its determinants among agricultural households in Nkomazi Local Municipality, South Africa. Methods Out 543 area that were supported by Phezukomkhono Mlimi programme during 2018/19 production season, only 355 met inclusion criteri...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES China's nutrition transition is characterized by dramatic increases in overweight and cardiometabolic (CM) risk. The burden of obesity, CM risk factors and dietary intake among Chinese children were explored. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Children 7-12 y old from the 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey with available dietary intake data, anthropometry, blood pressure, ...