OPENING THE BOX - INTRAHOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION IN RURAL NEPAL
OPENING THE BOX - INTRAHOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION IN RURAL NEPAL
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DOI：
10.1016/0277-9536(91)90230-a
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发表时间：
1991-01-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
GITTELSOHN, J
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作者：
GITTELSOHN, J
这项研究调查了尼泊尔中西部山区农村地区六个村庄的家庭内食物行为。采用人类学和营养学的定性和定量方法，收集115户767人的食物信念系统、家庭食物资源配置以及这些特征对饮食和人体测量状况的影响的数据。还收集了关于社会经济地位和人口变量的背景数据，如教育水平、职业和移民模式。核心方法论方法使用对食物的直接结构化观察来检查食物在家庭中的分配情况。结果证明了家庭食物分配中一些人比其他人更受青睐的各种机制，包括上菜顺序、上菜方法、拒绝上菜、引导食物和用低地位食物取代高地位食物。男性和女性儿童在食物分配或营养摄入机制上没有差异，与文献中的证据相反，该证据表明男性儿童将受到青睐。另一方面，与同龄男性相比，成年女性更不可能满足她们对能量、β-胡萝卜素、核黄素和维生素C的营养需求。女性在家庭服务秩序中的地位较晚，将特殊食物输送给男性和儿童，以及较低的食物总摄入量是导致这些发现的原因。
The study examined intrahousehold food behavior in six villages in a rural hill area of mid-Western Nepal. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies taken from both anthropology and nutritional sciences were used to collect data on food belief systems, household allocation of food resources, and the effect of these features on diet and anthropometric status in a sample of 767 individuals in 115 households. Background data were also collected on socioeconomic status and demographic variables such as education levels, occupation, and migration patterns. The core methodological approach used direct structured observations of meals to examine how food is distributed within households.The results document a variety of mechanisms by which some individuals are favored over others through household food distribution, including serving order, serving method, refusing to serve foods, channeling foods and substituting low status foods for high status foods. No differences were observed in mechanisms of food distribution or nutrient intake between male and female children, contrary to evidence in the literature suggesting that male children will be favored. On the other hand, adult women were less likely to meet their nutrient requirements for energy, beta-carotene, riboflavin, and vitamin C than men of the same age. Women's late position in household serving order, channeling of special foods to males and children, and lower total intake of food accounts for these findings.