Food Acquisition, Preparation, and Consumption Practices in South Asia: A Scoping Review of Assessment Tools.

ABSTRACT: Assessing behaviors related to food choice at individual and household levels is essential for improving household diets, but assessment tools are limited. We conducted a scoping review to identify gaps in existing assessment tools for food acquisition, preparation, and household consumption practices in South Asia, where diets are rapidly changing. We undertook systematic keyword searches of 3 databases (PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection) to identify studies assessing food acquisition, food preparation, and household consumption practices in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, published in English between 2000 and April 2025. Two reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts, and full texts and extracted data on study cha

SUBMITTER: Patwardhan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547306 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature