Equity implications of rice fortification: a modelling study from Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To model the potential impact and equity impact of fortifying rice on nutritional adequacy of different subpopulations in Nepal.

Design

Using 24-h dietary recall data and a household consumption survey, we estimated: rice intakes; probability of adequacy (PA) of eight micronutrients commonly fortified in rice (vitamin A, niacin (B3), pyridoxine (B6), cobalamin (B12), thiamin (B1), folate (B9), Fe and Zn) plus riboflavin (B2), vitamin C and Ca and mean probability of adequacy (MPA) of these micronutrients. We modelled: no fortification; fortification of purchased rice, averaged across all households and in rice-buying households only. We compared adequacy increases between population subgroups.

Setting

(i) Dhanusha and Mahottari districts of Nepal (24-h recal

SUBMITTER: Saville NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7477371 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature