优化工具,以最佳的成本满足印度儿童和成人的营养需求
Fathima Ayoob1, Jawahar R Manivannan1, Ashikh Ahmed1
1Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, St John's Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.
Public health nutrition
|July 16, 2025
概括
通过开发交互式网络工具,这项研究确定了印度健康,营养丰富的饮食的最低成本. 这些工具优化了人口和家庭的食物选择,确保以负担得起的方式满足营养需求.
科学领域:
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 计算机建模 计算建模
背景情况:
- 以最低的成本确保充足的营养是印度的一个重大公共卫生挑战.
- 现有的饮食规划工具可能没有充分考虑当地食品的可用性,消费模式和成本变化.
- 优化饮食需要复杂的方法来平衡营养需求与经济限制.
研究的目的:
- 引入新的基于网络的工具,以优化印度的饮食成本和营养含量.
- 评估健康和多样化的饮食的最低成本,满足印度人口的基本营养需求.
- 证明这些工具在人口和家庭层面的应用.
主要方法:
- 将线性编程算法调整为两个交互式网络工具:人口食品优化 (FOP) 和饮食优化工具 (DOT).
- FOP优化了考虑到当地消费模式的人口层面的食物选择;DOT专注于家庭或个人食物选择.
- 在印度比哈尔州展示了优化1-3岁儿童 (FOP) 和四人家庭 (DOT) 饮食的工具.
主要成果:
- 根据文化偏好和当地食品价格 (2022年6月) 创建了优化的饮食.
- FOP工具计算出每天的饮食费用为比哈尔州每个儿童 (1-3岁) 的INR 26.8 (USD 0.32),可减少到牛奶补贴的INR 23.7 (USD 0.28).
- 交通部为一家四口之家制定了一种素食饮食,每天的价格为INR 204 (2.45美元).
结论:
- 开发的基于网络的工具有效地创建成本优化的饮食计划,满足人口和个人/家庭层面的宏观和微量营养素需求.
- 这些工具可以为决策者提供信息,帮助他们设计基于食物的本地化策略,在预算限制和文化背景下解决营养需求.
- 该方法有助于为各种人群创建负担得起,健康和文化上适当的饮食建议.
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