Fluctuations in money availability within an income cycle impacts diet quality of remote Indigenous Australians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To consider the plausible nutritional impacts of fluctuations in money availability within an income cycle for remote Indigenous Australians.

Design

Community-level dietary intake (energy, micro/macronutrients) and expenditure on foods and beverages (F&B) were estimated over one year for three remote Indigenous Australian communities (Northern Territory, Australia) using monthly F&B transaction data. F&B that were likely to be consumed during a period within an income cycle when money was relatively limited (low money period (LMP) foods) were identified by panel consensus and scenario modelling was conducted to simulate the nutritional outcomes of a range of F&B selection responses to having an LMP.

Results

All scenarios resulted in reduced diet quality duri

SUBMITTER: Wycherley TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261678 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature