Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake and Dietary Diversity of Landfill Waste Pickers.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the nutritional status, dietary intake and dietary diversity of waste pickers in South Africa, a socioeconomically vulnerable group who makes a significant contribution to planetary health through salvaging recyclable material from dumpsites. Participants were weighed and measured to calculate body mass index (BMI). Dietary intake was recorded using a standardised multipass 24 h recall. Individual dietary diversity scores were derived from the dietary recall data. Data were collected from nine purposefully selected landfill sites located in six rural towns and three cities in four of the nine provinces in South Africa, providing nutritional status information on 386 participants and dietary intake on 358 participants after data clea

SUBMITTER: Swart EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954570 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature