@article{fdi:010034531,
  title = {{U}se of variety/diversity scores for diet quality measurement : relation with nutritionnal status of women in a rural area in {B}urkina {F}aso},
  author = {{S}avy, {M}athilde and {M}artin-{P}r{\'e}vel, {Y}ves and {S}awadogo, {P}aul {W}. and {K}ameli, {Y}ves and {D}elpeuch, {F}rancis},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}bjectives: {T}o develop scores for food variety and diversity to assess the overall dietary quality in an {A}frican rural area; and to study their relationship with the nutritional status of women of childbearing age. {D}esign: {C}ross-sectional. {S}etting: {S}ahelian rural area in the {N}orth-{E}ast {B}urkina {F}aso ( {W}est {A}frica). {S}ubjects: {A} total of 691 mothers with children below the age of 5 y, selected at random in 30 villages. {M}ethods: {A} qualitative recall of women's food consumption during the previous 24 h made it possible to calculate a food variety score ( {FVS} = count of food items consumed) and a dietary diversity score ({DDS} = count of food groups, among 14 groups). {T}hese scores were then divided into terciles. {B}ody mass index ({BMI}), mid-upper arm circumference ({MUAC}) and body fat percentage ({BFP}) were used to determine the women's nutritional status. {R}esults: {T}he overall dietary quality was poor: mean {FVS} (s.d.) = 8.3 (2.9) food items; mean {DDS} = 5.1 (1.7) food groups. {A} clear relationship was shown between both {FVS} and {DDS} ( in terciles) and most nutritional indices. {W}omen with a {FVS} in the lowest tercile had a mean {BMI} of 20.1, while those in the highest tercile had a {BMI} of 20.9 ( {P} = 0.009). {T}hose in the lowest tercile of {DDS} had a 22.8% prevalence of underweight vs 9.8% in the highest tercile ({P}<0.0001). {T}he latter relationship remained significant even when the subjects' sociodemographic and economic characteristics were accounted for. {C}onclusion: {D}ietary scores measured at the individual level are good proxies for overall dietary quality of women living in a poor rural {A}frican area. {T}hese scores were also shown to be linked with the nutritional status of women.},
  keywords = {{ENQUETE} {NUTRITIONNELLE} ; {ETAT} {NUTRITIONNEL} ; {CONSOMMATION} {ALIMENTAIRE} ; {ANTHROPOMETRIE} {NUTRITIONNELLE} ; {FEMME} ; {MILIEU} {RURAL} ; {HYGIENE} {ALIMENTAIRE} ; {PAUVRETE} ; {APPORT} {NUTRITIONNEL} ; {DIVERSITE} {ALIMENTAIRE} ; {INDICE} {DE} {MASSE} {CORPORELLE} ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {BURKINA} {FASO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}uropean {J}ournal of {C}linical {N}utrition},
  volume = {59},
  numero = {},
  pages = {703--716},
  ISSN = {0954-3007},
  year = {2005},
  DOI = {10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602135},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010034531},
}