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Dairy consumption in East Africa: Study examines impact of dairy on diet quality
Dairy foods have many benefits for diets and nutrition, especially for young children, but dairy consumption remains relatively low in many developing countries. Programs to increase dairy intake often focus on improving supply, but how do policy interventions affect dairy consumption and diet quality? In a journal article in Food Policy, Olivier Ecker, a researcher with the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT), and colleague Karl Pauw consider the contribution of dairy to overall diet quality through an assessment of consumer preferences in Kenya and Uganda, as well as simulations of consumption responses to changes in household income and dairy price.