Cost and affordability of healthy diets in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the cost and affordability of healthy diets recommended by the 2016-2020 Vietnamese food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG).

Design

Cross-sectional analysis. The Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) indicator was used to estimate the lowest cost of healthy diets and compare the cost differences by food group, region and seasonality. The affordability of healthy diets was measured by further comparing the CoHD to food expenditures and incomes.

Setting

Food prices of 176 food items from January 2016 to December 2020 were derived using data from monthly Consumer Price Index databases nationally and regionally.

Participants

Food expenditures and incomes of participants from three latest Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys were used.

Results

SUBMITTER: Van DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10830355 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature