Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets
The affordability of nutritious diets is increasingly used as a metric of how well a food system provides access to nutritious diets for all. Recent work on least-cost diets has focused on individuals, while most food and anti-poverty programs and...
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okr-10986-364852021-11-05T05:10:45Z Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets Schneider, Kate Christiaensen, Luc Webb, Patrick Masters, William A. DIET COST NUTRIENT ADEQUACY FOOD PRICE MEAL SHARING FOOD AFFORDABILITY NUTRITION The affordability of nutritious diets is increasingly used as a metric of how well a food system provides access to nutritious diets for all. Recent work on least-cost diets has focused on individuals, while most food and anti-poverty programs and policies target the household level. Members within households have differing nutritional needs, presenting the methodological question: how should the cost of nutritious diets be estimated at the household level This study develops bounds on the cost, affordability, and seasonal variation of least-cost diets for whole households, illustrated with the example of Malawi. When intrahousehold sharing is not possible to observe, the bounded approach provides insights into the range of the cost and affordability, and the extent to which the cost may vary seasonally. The results reveal that when meals are shared, ignoring demographic diversity within households greatly underestimates the affordability of adequate diets. 2021-11-04T18:27:00Z 2021-11-04T18:27:00Z 2021-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/819731635963873708/Assessing-the-Affordability-of-Nutrient-Adequate-Diets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36485 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9834 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Malawi |
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DIET COST NUTRIENT ADEQUACY FOOD PRICE MEAL SHARING FOOD AFFORDABILITY NUTRITION Schneider, Kate Christiaensen, Luc Webb, Patrick Masters, William A. Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets |
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The affordability of nutritious diets
is increasingly used as a metric of how well a food system
provides access to nutritious diets for all. Recent work on
least-cost diets has focused on individuals, while most food
and anti-poverty programs and policies target the household
level. Members within households have differing nutritional
needs, presenting the methodological question: how should
the cost of nutritious diets be estimated at the household
level This study develops bounds on the cost, affordability,
and seasonal variation of least-cost diets for whole
households, illustrated with the example of Malawi. When
intrahousehold sharing is not possible to observe, the
bounded approach provides insights into the range of the
cost and affordability, and the extent to which the cost may
vary seasonally. The results reveal that when meals are
shared, ignoring demographic diversity within households
greatly underestimates the affordability of adequate diets. |
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Working Paper |
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Schneider, Kate Christiaensen, Luc Webb, Patrick Masters, William A. |
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Schneider, Kate Christiaensen, Luc Webb, Patrick Masters, William A. |
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Schneider, Kate |
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Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets |
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Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets |
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Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets |
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Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets |
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Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets |
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assessing the affordability of nutrient-adequate diets |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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