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dc.contributor.authorMorseth, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorGrewal, Navnit Kaur
dc.contributor.authorKaasa, Ida Sophie
dc.contributor.authorHatløy, Anne
dc.contributor.authorBarikmo, Ingrid
dc.contributor.authorHenjum, Sigrun
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-15T13:43:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-14T11:19:05Z
dc.date.available2017-11-15T13:43:47Z
dc.date.available2017-12-14T11:19:05Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationMorseth M, Grewal NK, Kaasa IS, Hatløy A, Barikmo I, Henjum S. Dietary diversity is related to socioeconomic status among adult Saharawi refugees living in Algeria. BMC Public Health. 2017;17(1)en
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/5410
dc.description.abstractBackground There is limited knowledge about dietary quality among the adult population in low- and middle income countries (LMICs). This study aims to describe dietary quality among the adult Saharawi refugee population and to investigate whether dietary quality is associated with socioeconomic status. Methods In 2014, a cross-sectional survey was carried out in the Saharawi refugee camps, Algeria. A three-staged cluster sampling was performed and 180 women and 175 men, aged 18–82 years, were randomly selected. The dietary intake was assessed by 24-h dietary recall and dietary diversity score (DDS) was calculated. Socioeconomic status was assessed using the WAMI index (sanitation, assets, education and income). Results The mean DDS among the total sample was 3.8 ± 1.4 and 2/3 of participant were at risk of low dietary adequacy. The main food groups consumed were starchy staple foods, flesh foods, and dairy. Vitamin A-rich dark green leafy vegetables, nuts and seeds and eggs were the food groups least consumed. The multiple regression model showed a positive association between DDS and the WAMI index (P < 0.001) and a negative association between DDS and age (p = 0.01). Conclusions Low DDS was associated with low socioeconomic status. Programmes to improve the dietary quality among the Saharawi refugees should be implemented.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectDietary diversityen
dc.subjectDietsen
dc.subjectSaharawien
dc.subjectRefugeesen
dc.titleDietary diversity is related to socioeconomic status among adult Saharawi refugees living in Algeriaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2017-11-15T13:43:46Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4527-x
dc.identifier.cristin1478451
dc.source.journalBMC Public Health


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