Are 'fruits and vegetables' intake really what they seem in India?
Are 'fruits and vegetables' intake really what they seem in India?
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DOI：
10.1038/s41430-018-0094-1
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发表时间：
2018-04-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Kurpad, Anura V.
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作者：
Minocha, Sumedha;Thomas, Tinku;Kurpad, Anura V.
背景/目的水果和蔬菜是健康饮食的组成部分。本研究评估的数量和多样性的水果和蔬菜的摄入量在印度，重点是其分布在各部门和财富quintiles.Subjects/methods一个二级数据分析的全国范围内的NSSO家庭消费者支出调查2011-2012年进行估计的数量（克/人均/天）和多样性的家庭摄入的水果和蔬菜在农村和城市部门的印度。使用的支出数据，在这两个部门的家庭被进一步划分为财富的五分位数和摄入量的多样性的差异进行了评估，在这些五分位数分别为each sector.Results的人均家庭蔬菜和水果的摄入量被发现是145和15克，分别为印度农村，和155和29克的城市印度。这一摄入量的很大一部分来自能量密集的食物;土豆和香蕉分别是蔬菜和水果的摄入量。此外，虽然财富略有改善的多样性，蔬菜的摄入量，没有这样的趋势是观察水果intake.Conclusions鉴于高比例的能量密集的水果和蔬菜在印度的总intake，重点应放在改善蔬菜的多样性，以及增加水果的摄入量和多样性。
Background/objectives Fruits and vegetables are integral parts of a healthy diet. This study evaluated the quantity and diversity of the fruit and vegetable intake in India, with a focus on its distribution across sectors and wealth quintiles.Subjects/methods A secondary data analysis on the nation-wide NSSO Household Consumer Expenditure Survey 2011-2012 was performed to estimate the amount (g/capita/day) and diversity of household intake of fruits and vegetables in the rural and the urban sectors of India. Using the expenditure data, households in both the sectors were further divided into wealth quintiles and differences in the diversity of intake was evaluated across these quintiles separately for each sector.Results The per capita household vegetable and fruit intake was found to be 145 and 15 g, respectively, for rural India, and 155 and 29 g for urban India. A significant portion of this intake came from energy-dense food items; potatoes and bananas for vegetable and fruit intake respectively. Further, while wealth marginally improved the diversity in vegetable intake, no such trend was observed in fruit intake.Conclusions Given the high proportion of energy-dense fruits and vegetables in the Indian total intake, the focus should be on improving the diversity of vegetables, as well as on increasing the intake and diversity of fruits.