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 5 Association between NFD score of rural food and nutrition system with waist circumference of household head, Zahedan rural areas

Predictors	Waist circumference of household head
	Without control variables	With control variables^a
	B (CI95%)	B (CI95%)
NFD of homestead production	0.608 (-0.262–1.478)	0.147 (-0.803–1.098)
NFD of household’s food processing	0.237 (-0.454–0.928)	0.063 (-0.650–0.777)
NFD of Consumption
Food purchased from city	0.433 (0.209–0.657)^***	0.163 (-0.072–0.398)
Food purchased from the village	-0.122(-0.363–0.119)	-0.105 (-0.335–0.124)
Received gift	0.160 (-0.345–0.666)	0.345 (-0.136–0.827)
Native wild vegetables	0.885 (-0.416–2.186)	0.217 (-1.113–1.546)
Household’s diet	0.607 (0.232–0.981)	0.130 (-0.268–0.528)

^*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
^aControlled for family size, age, and sex of household’s head, household’s income, households received additional subsidy (in addition to the national subsidy), household’s welfare index, the married status of household’s head

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