Simple food group diversity indicators predict micronutrient adequacy of women's diets in 5 diverse, resource-poor settings

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dc.creatorArimond, Mary
dc.creatorWiesmann, Doris
dc.creatorBecquey, Elodie
dc.creatorCarriquiry, Alicia
dc.creatorDaniels, Melissa C.
dc.creatorDeitchler, Megan
dc.creatorFanou-Fogny, Nadia
dc.creatorJoseph, Maria L.
dc.creatorKennedy, Gina
dc.creatorMartin-Prevel, Yves
dc.creatorTorheim, Liv E.
dc.date2010-11
dc.date2024-10-01T14:04:48Z
dc.date2024-10-01T14:04:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:31:02Z
dc.descriptionWomen of reproductive age living in resource-poor settings are at high risk of inadequate micronutrient intakes when diets lack diversity and are dominated by staple foods. Yet comparative information on diet quality is scarce and quantitative data on nutrient intakes is expensive and difficult to gather. We assessed the potential of simple indicators of dietary diversity, such as could be generated from large household surveys, to serve as proxy indicators of micronutrient adequacy for population-level assessment. We used 5 existing data sets (from Burkina Faso, Mali, Mozambique, Bangladesh, and the Philippines) with repeat 24-h recalls to construct 8 candidate food group diversity indicators (FGI) and to calculate the mean probability of adequacy (MPA) for 11 micronutrients. FGI varied in food group disaggregation and in minimum consumption required for a food group to count. There were large gaps between intakes and requirements across a range of micronutrients in each site. All 8 FGI were correlated with MPA in all sites; regression analysis confirmed that associations remained when controlling for energy intake. Assessment of dichotomous indicators through receiver-operating characteristic analysis showed moderate predictive strength for the best choice indicators, which varied by site. Simple FGI hold promise as proxy indicators of micronutrient adequacy.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154918
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106671
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceArimond, Mary; Wiesmann, Doris; Becquey, Elodie; Carriquiry, Alicia; Daniels, Melissa C.; Deitchler, Megan; Fanou-Fogny, Nadia; Joseph, Maria L.; Kennedy, Gina; Martin-Prevel, Yves; Torheim, Liv E. 2010. Simple food group diversity indicators predict micronutrient adequacy of women's diets in 5 diverse, resource-poor settings. Journal of Nutrition 140(11): 2059S-2069S. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.110.123414
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectdietary diversity
dc.titleSimple food group diversity indicators predict micronutrient adequacy of women's diets in 5 diverse, resource-poor settings
dc.typeJournal Article

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