Assessing the performance of national sentinel food lists at subnational levels in six countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess how well national sentinel lists of the most frequently consumed foods in each food group capture data at subnational levels to measure minimum diet diversity (MDD).

Design

We analysed data from seven surveys with 24-h open dietary recalls to evaluate: (1) the percentage of reported foods that were included in each sentinel food list; (2) whether these lists captured consumption of some food groups better than others and (3) differences between estimates of dietary diversity calculated from all food items mentioned in the open 24-h recall v. only food items included in the sentinel lists.

Setting

Seven subnational areas: Bangladesh (2), Benin, Colombia, Kenya, Malawi and Nepal.

Participants

8094 women 15-49 years; 4588 children 6-23 m

SUBMITTER: Vogliano C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10830354 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature