Using Household Expenditure Surveys for Comparable and Replicable Nutritional Analysis: Evidence from México.
Nutrients
; 14(17)2022 Aug 31.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2006149
ABSTRACT
In this study, we explore how to use household expenditures and income surveys (HEIS) to provide replicable and comparable measures of nutrients availability at the population level. Our method formalizes the common practice in the literature and consists of three steps:
identification of relevant food categories, pairing of food contents food groups in HEIS data, and calculation of the typical amount of nutrients by food group. We illustrate the usage of the method with Mexican data and provide a publicly available data set to readily convert food purchases into six nutrients calories, proteins, vitamins A and C, iron, and zinc. We perform a descriptive analysis of the evolution of nutrients intake among Mexican households between 2008 and 2020, considering differences by income level. Our results reflect the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on nutrient availability in Mexican households, mainly driven by a substantial reduction in the expenditure in food consumed away from home, although for most nutrients the trend was stable over most of the period.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Expenditures
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nu14173588
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