Evaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan

Background: Food insecurity consistently challenges middle-income countries, including Pakistan. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dietary food intake of the households in the selected location through a semi-structured questionnaire. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among 50...

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Autores principales:	Umar Bacha, Saba Yousaf, Mehak Zafar, Ahmad Raza, Muhammad Arbaz Khan, Shahar Bano, Zunaira Tauqeer, Faheem Mustafa, Muhammad Naveed Afzal
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Publicado:	Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services 2021
Materias:	dietary intake food insecurity poverty food diversity Agriculture S Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0a99e6a564f94d058ce265df2d366d322021-11-03T17:02:28ZEvaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan2476-74172476-7425https://doaj.org/article/0a99e6a564f94d058ce265df2d366d322021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-358-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/2476-7417https://doaj.org/toc/2476-7425Background: Food insecurity consistently challenges middle-income countries, including Pakistan. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dietary food intake of the households in the selected location through a semi-structured questionnaire. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among 500 households comprised 2094 participants to investigate dietary intake and status of food insecurity. Furthermore, socio-demographic and weekly dietary food intake was collected through a semi-structured questionnaire in 2019. Those households who assent to participate were included in the study. Results: Mean household size was 5.80±2.05 comprised 49.27% male and 50.61% female. Six food types were commonly consumed in the study population. Among these foods (g/capita/day) starch remained at the top 734.43 followed by fruits 256.02 and vegetables 89.77. These data highlighted limited dietary diversity and reduced dietary intake. The energy intake (per capita/day) from the food basket, contribution of the starch was the highest 32.37% versus protein 14.43%, milk 14.08%, vegetables 1.31%, and fruit 7.79% with an overall calories intake 81.08% from all food groups except tea. Finally, of the 500 households, 42.4% people were below the poverty line, 41.8% people at the poverty line, and 15.8% people were above the poverty line. Conclusion: The results showed that dietary intake of the participants was below the reference intake, demonstrating food insecurity and unbalanced diet.Umar BachaSaba YousafMehak ZafarAhmad RazaMuhammad Arbaz KhanShahar BanoZunaira TauqeerFaheem MustafaMuhammad Naveed AfzalShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Servicesarticledietary intakefood insecuritypovertyfood diversityAgricultureSNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENJournal of Nutrition and Food Security, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 334-342 (2021)
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topic	dietary intake food insecurity poverty food diversity Agriculture S Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
spellingShingle	dietary intake food insecurity poverty food diversity Agriculture S Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Umar Bacha Saba Yousaf Mehak Zafar Ahmad Raza Muhammad Arbaz Khan Shahar Bano Zunaira Tauqeer Faheem Mustafa Muhammad Naveed Afzal Evaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan
description	Background: Food insecurity consistently challenges middle-income countries, including Pakistan. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dietary food intake of the households in the selected location through a semi-structured questionnaire. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among 500 households comprised 2094 participants to investigate dietary intake and status of food insecurity. Furthermore, socio-demographic and weekly dietary food intake was collected through a semi-structured questionnaire in 2019. Those households who assent to participate were included in the study. Results: Mean household size was 5.80±2.05 comprised 49.27% male and 50.61% female. Six food types were commonly consumed in the study population. Among these foods (g/capita/day) starch remained at the top 734.43 followed by fruits 256.02 and vegetables 89.77. These data highlighted limited dietary diversity and reduced dietary intake. The energy intake (per capita/day) from the food basket, contribution of the starch was the highest 32.37% versus protein 14.43%, milk 14.08%, vegetables 1.31%, and fruit 7.79% with an overall calories intake 81.08% from all food groups except tea. Finally, of the 500 households, 42.4% people were below the poverty line, 41.8% people at the poverty line, and 15.8% people were above the poverty line. Conclusion: The results showed that dietary intake of the participants was below the reference intake, demonstrating food insecurity and unbalanced diet.
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author	Umar Bacha Saba Yousaf Mehak Zafar Ahmad Raza Muhammad Arbaz Khan Shahar Bano Zunaira Tauqeer Faheem Mustafa Muhammad Naveed Afzal
author_facet	Umar Bacha Saba Yousaf Mehak Zafar Ahmad Raza Muhammad Arbaz Khan Shahar Bano Zunaira Tauqeer Faheem Mustafa Muhammad Naveed Afzal
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title	Evaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan
title_short	Evaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan
title_full	Evaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan
title_fullStr	Evaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan
title_sort	evaluation of dietary intake and food insecurity: a case study on selected households from lahore,pakistan
publisher	Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0a99e6a564f94d058ce265df2d366d32
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Evaluation of Dietary Intake and Food Insecurity: A Case Study on Selected Households from Lahore,Pakistan

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