Food sources and dietary quality in small Island developing states: Development of methods and policy relevant novel survey data from the Pacific and Caribbean
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2020Author
Haynes, Emily
Bhagtani, Divya
Iese, Viliamu
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have high and increasing rates of diet-related
diseases. This situation is associated with a loss of food sovereignty and an increasing reliance on
nutritionally poor food imports. A policy goal, therefore, is to improve local diets through improved
local production of nutritious foods. Our aim in this study was to develop methods and collect
preliminary data on the relationships between where people source their food, their socio-demographic
characteristics and dietary quality in Fiji and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in order to inform
further work towards this policy goal. We developed a toolkit of methods to collect individual-level
data, including measures of dietary intake, food sources, socio-demographic and health indicators.
Individuals aged 15 years were eligible to participate.