Local tastes and global flavors: food choice in the context of the nutrition transition in South India

IF 5.6 1区农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food Security Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI:10.1007/s12571-023-01372-6

Asha Nadabar, Shailaja S. Patil, Ashlesha Datar, Rebecca Jones-Antwi, Solveig A. Cunningham

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This study aimed to quantify familiarity with and consumption of local, national, and global foods among adults in a newly globalizing district in India and to identify patterns of preferences for local or non-local foods. A sample of households with school-going children was selected in an urban, third-tier city and a rural village in Karnataka State, India. One man and one woman (n 937) aged 18 years or older from each of these households were interviewed with a bespoke quantitative survey instrument focused on nutrition and food choice. The results from the study showed that, across six major food groups, at least 80% of respondents reported local items as the most frequently eaten, compared to national (3.0-18.1%) and global (0-9.5%) items. Accessibility was reported as the prominent driver of food choice, with taste and healthfulness as the next most reported considerations. When presented with hypothetical food choice scenarios, including taste, hunger, and health, most participants opted for the local food option over non-local options: less than 17% of respondents switched preferences from local to non-local items. Men more often consumed global drinks and condiments than women; women more often reported having seen global food items advertised than men. Urban residents had higher odds of switching from local to non-local items than rural residents across all choice scenarios except if very hungry. As non-local food items are introduced into the consciousness and diets of people living outside of India’s large metropolitan areas, understanding food choices may help inform efforts to improve nutrition.

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当地口味和全球口味:在南印度营养转型背景下的食物选择

本研究旨在量化印度一个新兴全球化地区的成年人对当地、国家和全球食物的熟悉程度和消费情况，并确定对当地或非当地食物的偏好模式。在印度卡纳塔克邦的一个城市、三线城市和一个农村，选取了有学龄儿童的家庭样本。每个家庭的一名18岁或以上的男性和一名女性(937人)接受了一项专门针对营养和食物选择的定量调查工具的采访。研究结果表明，在六大食品类别中，至少80%的受访者表示，与国内食品(3.0-18.1%)和全球食品(0-9.5%)相比，当地食品是最常食用的。据报道，可获得性是食物选择的主要驱动因素，其次是味道和健康。当提出假设的食物选择场景时，包括味道、饥饿和健康，大多数参与者选择本地食物而不是非本地食物:不到17%的受访者将偏好从本地食物切换到非本地食物。男性比女性更经常地消费全球饮料和调味品;女性比男性更常报告看到全球食品的广告。除了非常饥饿的情况外，在所有选择情境中，城市居民从本地商品转向非本地商品的几率都高于农村居民。随着非本地食物被引入印度大城市以外地区的人们的意识和饮食，了解食物的选择可能有助于改善营养。

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Food Security FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

CiteScore

14.00

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6.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Food Security is a wide audience, interdisciplinary, international journal dedicated to the procurement, access (economic and physical), and quality of food, in all its dimensions. Scales range from the individual to communities, and to the world food system. We strive to publish high-quality scientific articles, where quality includes, but is not limited to, the quality and clarity of text, and the validity of methods and approaches. Food Security is the initiative of a distinguished international group of scientists from different disciplines who hold a deep concern for the challenge of global food security, together with a vision of the power of shared knowledge as a means of meeting that challenge. To address the challenge of global food security, the journal seeks to address the constraints - physical, biological and socio-economic - which not only limit food production but also the ability of people to access a healthy diet. From this perspective, the journal covers the following areas: Global food needs: the mismatch between population and the ability to provide adequate nutrition Global food potential and global food production Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs: § Climate, climate variability, and climate change § Desertification and flooding § Natural disasters § Soils, soil quality and threats to soils, edaphic and other abiotic constraints to production § Biotic constraints to production, pathogens, pests, and weeds in their effects on sustainable production The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. Nutrition, food quality and food safety. Socio-political factors that impinge on the ability to satisfy global food needs: § Land, agricultural and food policy § International relations and trade § Access to food § Financial policy § Wars and ethnic unrest Research policies and priorities to ensure food security in its various dimensions.