Food consumption by socio-economic status in a rural commune
- Author:
Mai Bach Le
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nutrition
- MeSH:
Social Class;
Rural Health
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2001;11():22-24
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The investigation was conducted in one rural commune. Information was gathered about socio-economic status (SES) and food consumption from 544 households with 3 categories of SES. The results showed that the energy intake of household increased with increase of socio-economic conditions. Rice, fat/oil, nut and sesame were most consumed in households of the average socio-economic status. The consumption of meat, fish, eggs and fruits tend to increase with better higher SES. Vegetable consumption was low at all studied households
