%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Savy, Mathilde
%A Martin-Prével, Yves
%A Sawadogo, Paul W.
%A Kameli, Yves
%A Delpeuch, Francis
%T Use of variety/diversity scores for diet quality measurement : relation with nutritionnal status of women in a rural area in Burkina Faso
%D 2005
%L fdi:010034531
%G ENG
%J European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
%@ 0954-3007
%K ENQUETE NUTRITIONNELLE ; ETAT NUTRITIONNEL ; CONSOMMATION ALIMENTAIRE ; ANTHROPOMETRIE NUTRITIONNELLE ; FEMME ; MILIEU RURAL ; HYGIENE ALIMENTAIRE ; PAUVRETE ; APPORT NUTRITIONNEL
%K DIVERSITE ALIMENTAIRE ; INDICE DE MASSE CORPORELLE
%K AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ; BURKINA FASO
%M ISI:000228833900011
%P 703-716
%R 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602135
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010034531
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2024-12/010034531.pdf
%V 59
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Objectives: To develop scores for food variety and diversity to assess the overall dietary quality in an African rural area; and to study their relationship with the nutritional status of women of childbearing age. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Sahelian rural area in the North-East Burkina Faso ( West Africa). Subjects: A total of 691 mothers with children below the age of 5 y, selected at random in 30 villages. Methods: 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). These scores were then divided into terciles. Body mass index (BMI), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and body fat percentage (BFP) were used to determine the women's nutritional status. Results: The 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. Women 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). Those in the lowest tercile of DDS had a 22.8% prevalence of underweight vs 9.8% in the highest tercile (P<0.0001). The latter relationship remained significant even when the subjects' sociodemographic and economic characteristics were accounted for. Conclusion: Dietary scores measured at the individual level are good proxies for overall dietary quality of women living in a poor rural African area. These scores were also shown to be linked with the nutritional status of women.
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