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Households in low-income countries spend a considerable proportion of their income on food, approximately half.
Understanding food expenditure can help in designing interventions for better nutrition.
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Households in the LICs and LMICs spend a considerable proportion (roughly half) of their income on food (compared with 13% in HICs).
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Based on the study design involving multiple countries and income levels.
Source
Nutrition and Health: The availability, affordability and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: Findings from the prospective urban rural epidemiology (PURE) study- Andrew Mente-Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University
Andrew Mente · Journal of Sports Medicine & Doping Studies · 2020
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