@article{fdi:010037673,
  title = {{D}ietary diversity scores and nutritional status of women change during the seasonal food shortage in rural {B}urkina {F}aso},
  author = {{S}avy, {M}athilde and {M}artin-{P}r{\'e}vel, {Y}ves and {T}raissac, {P}ierre and {E}ymard-{D}uvernay, {S}abrina and {D}elpeuch, {F}rancis},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n developing countries, dietary diversity is usually assessed during a single yearly period and the effects of seasonal variations remain unknown. {W}e studied these variations in women living in a {S}ahelian rural area ({B}urkina {F}aso). {A} representative sample of 550 women was surveyed at the beginning and at the end of the seasonal cereal shortage in {A}pril and {S}eptember 2003, respectively. {F}or each season, a dietary diversity score ({DIDS}) representing the number of food groups consumed over a 24-h period, was computed and nutritional status was assessed by the {BMI}. {T}he {DIDS} increased from 3.4 +/- 1.1 to 3.8 +/- 1.5 food groups between the beginning and the end of the shortage season ({P} < 0.0001), and the proportion of women exhibiting low {DDS} decreased from 31.6 to 8.1 %. {T}his was due to the consumption of foods available during the cereal shortage season and despite the decrease in the consumption of some purchased foods. {T}he increase in {DIDS} was lower in women for whom {DIDS} was already high in {A}pril and vice versa. {O}ver the same period, the percentage of underweight women ({BMI} < 18.5 kg/m(2)) increased from 11.1 to 17.1 %. {T}he relation between {DIDS} and the women's socioeconomic characteristics or nutritional status was weakened in {S}eptember. {T}hus, in {A}pril, fewer women were underweight when their {DIDS} was high than when it was medium or low [odds ratio = 0.3 (0.2; 0.6)], but not in {S}eptember [odds ratio = 0.6 (0.3; 1.0)]. {I}n such a context, it would be useful to measure dietary diversity at the beginning of the cereal shortage season, when many women exhibit low {DDS}.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {N}utrition},
  volume = {136},
  numero = {10},
  pages = {2625--2632},
  ISSN = {0022-3166},
  year = {2006},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037673},
}