Culturally optimised nutritionally adequate food baskets for dietary guidelines for minimum wage estonian families
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Culturally optimised nutritionally adequate food baskets for dietary guidelines for minimum wage estonian families. / Lauk, Janne; Nurk, Eha; Robertson, Aileen; Parlesak, Alexandr.
In: Nutrients, Vol. 12, No. 9, 2613, 2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Culturally optimised nutritionally adequate food baskets for dietary guidelines for minimum wage estonian families
AU - Lauk, Janne
AU - Nurk, Eha
AU - Robertson, Aileen
AU - Parlesak, Alexandr
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Although low socioeconomic groups have the highest risk of noncommunicable diseases in Estonia, national dietary guidelines and nutrition recommendations do not consider affordability. This study aims to help develop nutritionally adequate, health-promoting, and culturally acceptable dietary guidelines at an affordable price. Three food baskets (FBs) were optimised using linear programming to meet recommended nutrient intakes (RNIs), or Estonian dietary guidelines, or both. In total, 6255 prices of 422 foods were collected. The Estonian National Dietary Survey (ENDS) provided a proxy for cultural acceptability. Food baskets for a family of four, earning minimum wage, contain between 73 and 96 foods and cost between 10.66 and 10.92 EUR per day. The nutritionally adequate FB that does not follow Estonian dietary guidelines deviates the least (26% on average) from ENDS but contains twice the sugar, sweets, and savoury snacks recommended. The health-promoting FB (40% deviation) contains a limited amount of sugar, sweets, and savoury snacks. However, values for vitamin D, iodine, iron, and folate are low compared with RNIs, as is calcium for women of reproductive age. When both the RNIs and dietary guidelines are enforced, the average deviation (73%) and cost (10.92 EUR) are highest. The composition of these FBs can help guide the development of dietary guidelines for low income families in Estonia.
AB - Although low socioeconomic groups have the highest risk of noncommunicable diseases in Estonia, national dietary guidelines and nutrition recommendations do not consider affordability. This study aims to help develop nutritionally adequate, health-promoting, and culturally acceptable dietary guidelines at an affordable price. Three food baskets (FBs) were optimised using linear programming to meet recommended nutrient intakes (RNIs), or Estonian dietary guidelines, or both. In total, 6255 prices of 422 foods were collected. The Estonian National Dietary Survey (ENDS) provided a proxy for cultural acceptability. Food baskets for a family of four, earning minimum wage, contain between 73 and 96 foods and cost between 10.66 and 10.92 EUR per day. The nutritionally adequate FB that does not follow Estonian dietary guidelines deviates the least (26% on average) from ENDS but contains twice the sugar, sweets, and savoury snacks recommended. The health-promoting FB (40% deviation) contains a limited amount of sugar, sweets, and savoury snacks. However, values for vitamin D, iodine, iron, and folate are low compared with RNIs, as is calcium for women of reproductive age. When both the RNIs and dietary guidelines are enforced, the average deviation (73%) and cost (10.92 EUR) are highest. The composition of these FBs can help guide the development of dietary guidelines for low income families in Estonia.
KW - Affordable diet
KW - Cultural acceptability
KW - Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG)
KW - Linear programming
KW - Low socioeconomic status
KW - Nutritionally adequate diet
U2 - 10.3390/nu12092613
DO - 10.3390/nu12092613
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32867197
AN - SCOPUS:85090105883
VL - 12
JO - Nutrients
JF - Nutrients
SN - 2072-6643
IS - 9
M1 - 2613
ER -
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