Dietary diversity of formal and informal residents in Johannesburg, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDrimie, Scott
dc.contributor.authorFaber, Mieke
dc.contributor.authorVeary, Jo
dc.contributor.authorNunez, Lorena
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-07T10:43:29Z
dc.date.available2014-02-07T10:43:29Z
dc.date.issued2013-10
dc.descriptionPublication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/911en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBackground: This paper considers the question of dietary diversity as a proxy for nutrition insecurity in communities living in the inner city and the urban informal periphery in Johannesburg. It argues that the issue of nutrition insecurity demands urgent and immediate attention by policy makers. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken for households from urban informal (n = 195) and urban formal (n = 292) areas in Johannesburg, South Africa. Foods consumed by the respondents the previous day were used to calculate a Dietary Diversity Score; a score < 4 was considered low. Results: Statistical comparisons of means between groups revealed that respondents from informal settlements consumed mostly cereals and meat/poultry/fish, while respondents in formal settlements consumed a more varied diet. Significantly more respondents living in informal settlements consumed a diet of low diversity (68.1%) versus those in formal settlements (15.4%). When grouped in quintiles, two-thirds of respondents from informal settlements fell in the lowest two, versus 15.4% living in formal settlements. Households who experienced periods of food shortages during the previous 12 months had a lower mean DDS than those from food secure households (4.00 ± 1.6 versus 4.36 ± 1.7; p = 0.026). Conclusions: Respondents in the informal settlements were more nutritionally vulnerable. Achieving nutrition security requires policies, strategies and plans to include specific nutrition considerations.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers' versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent9 p.
dc.identifier.citationDrimie, S., Faber, M., Vearey, J. & Nunez, L. 2013. Dietary diversity of formal and informal residents in Johannesburg, South Africa. BMC Public Health, 13:911, doi:10.1186/1474-2458-13-911.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-911
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86123
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectDiet -- South Africa -- Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectFood consumption -- South Africa -- Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectNutrition -- South Africa -- Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectFood supply -- South Africa -- Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.titleDietary diversity of formal and informal residents in Johannesburg, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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