Development and Evaluation of a Food Behavior Survey to Assess Nutrition Transition Among Adolescents in South India.

Abstract

The nutrition transition in low- and middle-income countries including India may involve changes not only in dietary patterns but also food behaviors; these need to be understood to design appropriate public-health messages and interventions to promote health and well being among adults and youth. For instance, in the nutrition transition, people may be eating foods away from home rather than eating homemade or traditional foods. However, no instrument exists to evaluate food behaviors related to the nutrition transition for these settings.