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Can locally available foods provide a healthy diet at affordable costs? Case of Armenia

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dc.contributor.authorGhazaryan, Armen, author
dc.contributor.authorInforma UK Limited, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-28T20:53:07Z
dc.date.available2018-08-28T20:53:07Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-28
dc.description.abstractNutrition-related health problems, such as obesity, stunting, anemia, and high blood pressure are common in Armenia. A large portion of the population lives below the national poverty line, and consumes less than the necessary energy intake per day. Linear programming is used in this study of diet optimization to create a healthy diet model for children and adults of different ages at the minimum cost. The model is based on culturally appropriate food products. The study finds that, while average Armenians can afford a healthy diet, their current dietary choices do not meet the requirements of Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs). Moreover, people earning minimum salary need to spend more than half of their monthly income on food to afford a healthy diet. Based on the study’s findings, several policy recommendations are made.en_US
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationArmen Ghazaryan (2018) Can locally available foods provide a healthy diet at affordable costs? Case of Armenia, Development Studies Research, 5:1, 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/21665095.2018.1505531
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/21665095.2018.1505531
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/191084
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherColorado State University. Librariesen_US
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dc.rights.licenseThis article is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectdiet optimization
dc.subjectlinear programming
dc.subjecthealthy eating
dc.subjectdiet affordability
dc.subjectArmenia
dc.subject.lcshCaucasus
dc.subject.lcshEastern Europe
dc.titleCan locally available foods provide a healthy diet at affordable costs? Case of Armeniaen_US
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