DELIVERING FOR NUTRITION IN SOUTH ASIA: TRANSFORMING DIETS DAY ONE

OPENING SESSION

Welcome address

Purnima Menon, International Food Policy Research Institute

Opening remarks by co-chairs

Shahidur Rashid, International Food Policy Research Institute

G. N. Hariharan, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation

What is South Asia eating?

Anna Herforth, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (video recording)

Reflections

Agricultural production: Timothy Krupnik, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Markets and prices: Sudha Narayanan, International Food Policy Research Institute

Consumers and information: SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu, National Institute of Nutrition

Conference overview

Esha Sarswat, International Food Policy Research Institute

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Thematic session 1: Maternal diets, determinants, and interventions in South Asia

Co-chairs: Avula Laxmaiah, National Institute of Nutrition; Kaosar Afsana, BRAC University

1. Assessment of dietary intake of overweight/obese pregnant women belonging to upper SES residing in north-west Delhi: A longitudinal observational study

   Priyanka Arora, Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University

2. Influence of gendered social norms on intra household food access and consumption: evidence from Uttar Pradesh, India

   Aradhana Srivastava, UN World Food Programme

3. Social environment, mental health, and dietary diversity: a multicomponent pathway analysis among married women of reproductive age in Bihar

   Shuchi Sree Akhouri, Knowledge Management and Learning Centre, Care India Solutions for Sustainable Development

4. An intersectionality evaluation of the reach and benefit of nutrition-sensitive agricultural programmes and their impact on intersecting inequalities in maternal diets in rural Odisha, India

   Emily Fivian, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

5. Engaging men for better nutritional and family health outcomes

   Anurudra Bhanot, Project Concern International

6. Nobo Jatra: A new beginning for improved maternal & child health and nutrition in southwest Bangladesh through multi-layered interventions

   Alex Bekunda, World Vision International

7. Improving dietary diversity through an integrated food security resilience and SBCC approach 

   Satish Kumar Srivastava, Catholic Relief Services

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Thematic session 2: Adolescent diets and determinants in South Asia

Co-chairs: Shweta Khandelwal, Public Health Foundation of India; Gopinath Radhakrishnan, MSSRF

1. Food consumption practices and their determinants among school-age children and adolescents in Bhutan

   Kunzang Deki, School Health and Nutrition Division, Ministry of Education, Bhutan and Susan Shulman, World Food Programme (WFP)-Bhutan

2. Dietary diversity among young adolescents living in urban informal settlements in Mumbai: a cross-sectional study

   Sheetal Rajan, Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action

3. Adolescents’ Dietary behavior and its linkages with Nutritional Status: A Study of Dual-earner’s

   Ajay Gupta, International Institute for Population Sciences

4. Ultra-processed food consumption trends and its impact on nutritional status among school going adolescent girls from rural areas of Jorhat district of Assam

   Mandeep Digra, Farm2food Foundation

5. Consumption of ultra-processed foods among rural adolescents-Evidence from a community based cross-sectional study

   Purnoor Kaur, King George’s Medical University

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Keynote lecture: Making food choices for healthy diets: the push and pull factors

Chair: Purnima Menon, International Food Policy Research Institute

Countering commercial influences on diets – the experience of Mexico

Simon Barquera, National Institute of Public Health

Discussants

• Stuart Gillespie, International Food Policy Research Institute and Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
• Nazma Shaheen, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Avula Laxmaiah, National Institute of Nutrition, India

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10: DAY TWO

Thematic session 3: Diets, determinants, and interventions in South Asia

Co-chairs: Meredith Jackson-deGraffenried, Helen Keller International; Ananya Awasthi, Anuvaad Solutions

1. Trends and inequities in food, energy, protein, fat, and carbohydrate Intakes in rural Bangladesh

   Md. Masum Ali, International Food Policy Research Institute, Bangladesh

2. Nutrition status and gaps in the diets of Sri Lankans

   Renuka Jayatissa, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, SriLanka

3. Spatial Differences in Diet Quality and Economic Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Bangladesh: Results from the 2016 Household Income and Expenditure Survey

   Maxim Parvin, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Dhaka University

4. Cost of Recommended Diet (CoRD) and its Affordability in Bangladesh

   Abira Nowar, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka

5. New methods for measuring food environments in Nepal

   Esther Choo, University of Washington

6. COVID-19 impact on women and children’s diet in India

   Anjali Pant, International Food Policy Research Institute, India

7. COVID-19 and Dietary Diversity in India

   Aashi Gupta, Delhi School of Economics

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Thematic session 4: Children’s diets, determinants, and interventions in South Asia

Co-chairs: Sabrina Rasheed, icddr,B; Romaina Iqbal, Aga Khan University

1.  Nutritional Status and Diet Patterns of Children under 5 in select districts of Assam

   Jith J.R., Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

2. Identifying enabling factors and barriers for good child nutrition in a rural Bangladesh population

   Stacy Saha, LAMB Integrated Health and Development Project

3. Long term impact of integrated agriculture and health-based intervention program on dietary behaviours of under five children in southern part of Bangladesh

   Farzana Bari, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Dhaka University

4. Association between listening to a radio program with tailored content and maternal and child feeding practices during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal

   Indra Kshetri, Helen Keller International

5. Leveraging the Private Sector Resources in Nutrition to shape the dietary practices amongst children under 2 years of age

   Atul Upadhyay, Baliyo Nepal Nutrition Initiative

6. Evaluation of overall diet quality indexes of the children at the age of 6-24months and its impact on health in Matiari, Sindh, Pakistan

   Sanam Soomro, Aga Khan University

7. Evidence on Dietary Diversity and Food and Nutrition Security of Women and Young Children from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, India

   Avani Verma, GIZ

8. Implications of the revised definition of minimum dietary diversity for assessing dietary patterns of children aged 6-23 months in informal settlements of Mumbai

   Karishma Navalkar, Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action

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Thematic session 5: Policies, programs, and solutions for improving diets in South Asia

Co-chairs: Lalita Bhattacharjee, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Timothy Krupnik, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

1. A rapid landscape review of market-based interventions and policies for nutrient-dense foods in India

   Gregory Cooper, University of Sheffield

2. Addressing dietary imbalances through food-based approach in Odisha

   Gopinath Radhakrishnan, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

3. Do diverse farming system types influence potential nutrient availability and deficiencies the diets of smallholder households? Evidence from Bangladesh

   Timothy Krupnik, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

4. Scaling biofortified zinc wheat seeds, grains and foods to meet 1.4 million farmers and 7 million consumers in Pakistan

   Munawar Hussain, HarvestPlus

5. Qualitative Analysis of a Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Intervention in India

   Madison Bearden, Emory University

6. Toward nutrition-specific social protection: Addressing micronutrient malnutrition though wheat flour fortification in Himachal Pradesh

   Ruchi Sareen, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

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Closing plenary: Looking forward: Actions to inform policies, programs and research to transform diets in South Asia

Chair: Temina Lalani-Shariff, CGIAR, South Asia

Conference summary

Rasmi Avula, International Food Policy Research Institute

Jai Das, Aga Khan University

Implications for maternal and child nutrition

Zivai Murira, UNICEF 

Implications for the UN 

Filippo Dibari, World Food Programme

Implications for national research institutes to support policy and research 

Priyanka Jayawardena Institute of Policy Studies

Equitable community interventions 

Helen Harris-Fry, London School of Health & Tropical Medicine

Research priorities on drivers of food choice 

Christine Blake, University of South Carolina

Conference closing & final remarks