Deforestation reduces fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Tanzania
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Deforestation reduces fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Tanzania. / Hall, Charlotte M.; Rasmussen, Laura Vang; Powell, Bronwen; Dyngeland, Cecilie; Jung, Suhyun; Olesen, Rasmus Skov.
I: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Bind 119, Nr. 10, e2112063119, 08.03.2022.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Deforestation reduces fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Tanzania
AU - Hall, Charlotte M.
AU - Rasmussen, Laura Vang
AU - Powell, Bronwen
AU - Dyngeland, Cecilie
AU - Jung, Suhyun
AU - Olesen, Rasmus Skov
PY - 2022/3/8
Y1 - 2022/3/8
N2 - SignificanceTwo billion people across the planet suffer from nutrient deficiencies. Dietary diversification is key to solving this problem, yet many food and nutrition security policies, especially in low- and middle-income countries, still focus on increasing agricultural production and access to sufficient calories as the main solution. But calories are not all equal. Here, we show how deforestation in Tanzania caused a reduction in fruit and vegetable consumption (of 14 g per person per day) and thus vitamin A adequacy of diets. Using a combination of regression and weighting analyses to generate quasi-experimental quantitative estimates of the impacts of deforestation on people's food intake, our study establishes a causal link between deforestation and people's dietary quality.
AB - SignificanceTwo billion people across the planet suffer from nutrient deficiencies. Dietary diversification is key to solving this problem, yet many food and nutrition security policies, especially in low- and middle-income countries, still focus on increasing agricultural production and access to sufficient calories as the main solution. But calories are not all equal. Here, we show how deforestation in Tanzania caused a reduction in fruit and vegetable consumption (of 14 g per person per day) and thus vitamin A adequacy of diets. Using a combination of regression and weighting analyses to generate quasi-experimental quantitative estimates of the impacts of deforestation on people's food intake, our study establishes a causal link between deforestation and people's dietary quality.
KW - deforestation
KW - diet quality
KW - wild foods
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.2112063119
DO - 10.1073/pnas.2112063119
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35238660
AN - SCOPUS:85125613501
VL - 119
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 10
M1 - e2112063119
ER -
ID: 300064271