Household dietary diversity, vitamin A consumption and food security in rural Tigray, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe: household dietary diversity across four zones in Ethiopia; the relationship between household dietary diversity and consumption of vitamin A-rich foods; and the relationship between household dietary diversity and food security status.

Design

This was a cross-sectional survey. Data were collected using structured questionnaires in the local language. Household dietary diversity scores measured types of foods households consumed, and households were classified by food security status using a modified version of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. An ordinal logistics regression model was created to assess the relationship between three tiers of dietary diversity (low, medium and high) and food security while controlling for agricultural zone, ed

SUBMITTER: Schwei RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261471 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature