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Changing Food Consumption Pattern and Influencing Factors in Bangladesh

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FOODS
卷 12, 期 2, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods12020401

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food consumption characteristic; food consumption pattern; influencing factor; Bangladesh

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This study aims to explore the characteristics and drivers of food consumption patterns in Bangladesh with a fragile ecology and polluted environment. Food consumption data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations were used, and influencing factors data were acquired from the World Bank. The results showed an overall increase in total and per capita food consumption, with a decline in per capita consumption in the middle of the research period. Food consumption patterns were divided into three types, with the characteristics influenced by various factors, primarily economic factors. The findings provide a scientific reference for policymakers to adjust policies considering local food demand and natural resources conservation for sustainable development.
Food consumption is an important bridge between human beings and the natural ecosystem. The change in food consumption quantity and quality can reflect the relationship between them. This study aims to explore food consumption characteristics and the drivers of food consumption patterns in Bangladesh with a fragile ecology and polluted environment. This research selected food consumption in Bangladesh as the object, food consumption data were obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the data of influencing factors mainly were acquired from the World Bank. The following results were conducted: The total and per capita food consumption showed increase as a whole, but per capita food consumption experienced decline in the middle of the research period. Food consumption patterns were divided into three types: the first type of cereal-sugar-aquatic with low food consumption quantity and few kinds of food from 1961 to 1971, the second type of cereal-sugar-oil-aquatic with increasing food consumption quantity and food kinds from 1972 to 1997, and the third type of cereal-aquatic-tuber-sugar-fruit-vegetable-meat with increasing food consumption quantity and more various kinds of food from 1998 to 2020. The characteristics of food consumption in different periods were influenced by a series of factors. The influence of economic factors was higher than other factors, relatively. According to this study, the characteristics of food consumption patterns and the relationship between food consumption and influencing factors can provide a scientific reference for the adjustment policy makers taking local food demand and natural resources conservation into consideration to achieve a sustainable development.

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