The information obtained could be used to calculate food variety score (sum of all food items consumed by the person(s) in a given period of time) and food
diversity score (a sum of all food groups consumed by the person(s) of interest in a given period of time) [26, 27, 29].
The mean dietary
diversity score was significantly higher among women from the Coastal zone compared to those from the Guinea Savannah zone (6.3 [+ or -] 0.9 vs.
A dietary
diversity score was created by summing consumption of seven types of food groups: i) grains, roots, tubers; ii) legumes and nuts; iii) dairy products; iv) flesh foods (meat, fish, poultry, organ); v) eggs; vii) vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables, and viii) other fruits and vegetables.
Abbreviations DDs: Dietary
diversity score EDHS: Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey HHs: Households SNNPR: Southern Nation National and People Region WAZ: Weight for age Z score WHO: World Health Organization.
Only the dietary
diversity score for children 6 months and older were used in these correlation; ([dagger]) Numbers represent Pearson's correlation coefficient (p-value).
Further analysis was done by using Bioconductor in R (Gentleman et al., 1999) to draw Multidimensional scaling plot and genetic variation plot for all three genes to evaluate the
diversity score among individuals.
Variables Category Number (%) Nutritional knowledge No 151 (46.9) Yes 171 (53.1) Meal frequency <3 24 (7.5) >3 298 (92.5) Dietary
diversity score <6 130 (40.4) >6 192 (59.6) ANC contact Yes 240 (74.5) No 82 (25.5) 0 73 (22.7) Number of children 1-4 203 (63.0) [greater than or 46 (14.3) equal to]5 Birth interval in year [lessr than or 206 (64.0) equal to]5 >3 34 (10.6) Latrine possession No 88 (27.3) Yes 234 (72.7) Household food insecurity Yes 137 (42.5) No 165 (57.5) Variables Category MUAC < 21 cm Nutritional knowledge No 57 (37.7) Yes 35 (20.5) Meal frequency <3 11 (45.8) >3 81 (27.2) Dietary
diversity score <6 54 (41.
During World War-II a six month period of starvation in Holland reduced birth weights to about 10 %.8 No association between parity and dietary
diversity score was shown in a study along with socioeconomic and diet
diversity scores although it was deduced that for an increase of one score of dietary diversity the pregnant female gained 0.24 kg in 2nd trimester and 0.71kg in the 3rd trimester.
For institutions, the benefits of having a posse on campus extend far beyond upping their
diversity score, says Mike Schoenfeld, senior vice president and chief philanthropic advisor at Middlebury College.
News & World Report's
diversity score and Niche.com's diversity grade.
Dietary
diversity score is favorably associated with the metabolic syndrome in Tehranian adults.
For all 266 isolates tested, the number of alleles and the Simpson's index of
diversity score (D) identified in each locus are summarized in the Table.