Is nutritional functional diversity in the rural food and nutrition system associated with food security and nutrient adequacy? A case study of rural areas of Zahedan district, Iran

Table 4 Association between NFD score of rural food and nutrition system with BMI of household head, Zahedan rural areas

Predictors	BMI¹ of household head
	Without control variables	With control variables^a
	B (CI 95%)	B (CI 95%)
NFD of homestead production	0.233 (-0.098–0.563)	0.069 (-0.298–0.435)
NFD of household’s food processing	0.044 (-0.205–0.294)	0.033 (-0.238–0.304)
NFD of Consumption
Food purchased from city	0163 (0.077–0.249)^***	0.087 (-0.006–0.180)
Food purchased from the village	-0.035 (-0.125–0.056)	-0.034 (-0.125–0.057)
Received gift	0.20 (-0.173–0.213)	0.058 (-0.122–0.238)
Native wild vegetables	0.218 (-0.294–0.730)	0.078 (-0.468–0.624)
Household’s diet	0.184 (0.041–0.328)^*	0.033 (-0.124–0.191)

¹Body Mass Index, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
^aControlled for family size, age of household’s head, household’s income, households received additional subsidy (in addition to the national subsidy), residence status, education of household’s head, household’s welfare index, employment of household’s head

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