Seasonality affects dietary diversity of school-age children in northern Ghana

Dietary diversity score (DDS) is relatively easy to measure and is shown to be a very useful indicator of the probability of adequate micronutrient intake. Dietary diversity, however, is usually assessed during a single period and little is known about the effect of seasonality on it. This study inv...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 12; no. 8; p. e0183206
Main Authors:	Abizari, Abdul-Razak, Azupogo, Fusta, Nagasu, Miwako, Creemers, Noortje, Brouwer, Inge D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 14.08.2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adequacy Afdeling Humane voeding Age Agricultural production Animal-based foods Annual variations Bioavailability Biology and Life Sciences Cereals Chair Nutrition and Health over the Lifecourse Child Children Cross sections Diet Dietary intake Dry season Earth Sciences Elementary school students Epidemiology Family Characteristics Female Food Food and nutrition Food consumption Food groups Food habits Food plants Food sources Fruit Fruits Fruits (Food) Ghana Global Nutrition Harvest Health aspects HNE Nutrition and Health over the Lifecourse HNE Voeding en Gezondheid in de Levenscyclus Households Human Nutrition Human Nutrition & Health Human Nutrition (HNE) Humane Voeding Humane Voeding & Gezondheid Humans Iron Legumes Linear programming Low income groups Male Medicine and Health Sciences Nutrition research Nutritional aspects People and Places Physical Sciences Population studies Preschool children Rainy season Rural areas Schools Seasonal variations Seasons Sociodemographics Studies Vegetables Vitamin A VLAG Wereldvoeding Ghana Burkina Faso
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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