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Minimum dietary diversity and associated factors among lactating mothers in Haryana, India: a community based cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Introduction Food adequacy and dietary quality in the lactation period are fundamental for maternal and child health. Lactating mothers are vulnerable to malnutrition because of increased physiological demand, monotonous diet, lactogenesis process, and ...
Shumayla Shumayla, E. M. Irfan, Nishtha Kathuria, Suresh Kumar Rathi, Shobhit Srivastava, Sunil Mehra   +5 more
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A comparison of minimum dietary diversity in Bangladesh in 2011 and 2014 [PDF]

Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2018
AbstractImproving infant and young child feeding practices is critical for improving growth and reducing child mortality and morbidity. This paper aims to compare predictors of minimum dietary diversity, an important indicator of adequate complementary feeding practices, in Bangladesh in 2011 and 2014.
Sarah Blackstone, Tina Sanghvi
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Minimum dietary diversity among women of reproductive age in urban Burkina Faso [PDF]

Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2019
AbstractMicronutrient malnutrition is a challenge for women of reproductive age, who are particularly vulnerable due to greater micronutrient needs. The minimum dietary diversity for women (MDD‐W) indicator is a micronutrient adequacy's proxy for those women, but little is known about its relation to other dimensions.
Custodio, Estefania, Kayikatire, Francois, Fortin, Sonia, Thomas, Anne‐claire, Kameli, Yves, Nkunzimana, Tharcisse, Ndiaye, Biram, Martin-Prevel, Yves   +7 more
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Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women: Partitioning Misclassifications by Proxy Data Collection Methods using Weighed Food Records as the Reference in Ethiopia [PDF]

Current Developments in Nutrition
Giles Hanley-Cook
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Proportions distributions of caregivers’ feeding practices of dietary diversity based on recommended minimum dietary diversity (MDD).

, 2023
Proportions distributions of caregivers’ feeding practices of dietary diversity based on recommended minimum dietary diversity (MDD).
Walter C. Millanzi (12119624), Patricia Z. Herman (14828301), Bariki A. Ambrose (14828304)   +2 more
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Dietary diversity and its determinants among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey

Journal of Nutritional Science, 2022
Dietary diversity in children may be influenced not only by individual circumstances but also by the features of the community in which they live. Our study aimed to assess community and individual-level determinants of minimum dietary diversity among ...
Binyam Girma Sisay, Tsion Afework, Beshada Rago Jima, Nardos Wondafrash Gebru, Addisalem Zebene, Hamid Y. Hassen   +5 more
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Maternal Characteristics Are Associated with Child Dietary Diversity Score, in Golina District, Northeast Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2020
Background. Dietary diversity is part of the set of indicators developed to assess infant and young child feeding practices. In developing countries, only a quarter of children met the required minimum dietary diversity. In Ethiopia, only 14% of children
Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Fentaw Wassie Feleke, Seteamlak Adane Masresha   +2 more
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Implications of Updating the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Children Indicator for Tracking Progress in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region [PDF]

Current Developments in Nutrition, 2020
Minimum dietary diversity (MDD), a population-level dietary quality indicator, is commonly used across low- and middle-income countries to characterize diets of children aged 6-23 mo. The WHO and UNICEF recently updated the MDD definition from consumption of ≥4 of 7 food groups in the previous 24 h (MDD-7) to ≥5 of 8 food groups (MDD-8), adding a ...
Heidkamp, Rebecca A, Kang, Yunhee, Chimanya, Kudakwashe, Garg, Aashima, Matji, Joan, Nyawo, Mara, Craig, Hope, Arimond, Mary, Lyman, Andrew L Thorne   +8 more
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Prevalence of minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency, minimum milk feeding frequency and minimum acceptable diet among infants and young children aged 6–23 months (n = 2,585).

, 2023
Prevalence of minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency, minimum milk feeding frequency and minimum acceptable diet among infants and young children aged 6–23 months (n = 2,585).
Ignitius Ezekiel Lim (16274265), Ilias Mahmud (2208964), Uzzal Chowdhury (16274256), Adrita Kaiser (16274259), Fatema Akter Bonny (16274262), Samson Akanbonga (16274253), Tanvir Hasan (14534915)   +6 more
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Machine learning algorithms for predicting the determinants of minimum dietary diversity among Bangladeshi children

International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2023
Background: In developing countries, the minimum dietary diversity (MDD) measure of dietary quality is widely used to define the dietary habits of infants between the ages of 6 and 23 months. However, the particular situation in Bangladesh shows that just 34% of kids have access to a food that complies with the bare minimum acceptable norms.
Esmotara Eva, Shajida Akter, Tareq Rahman   +2 more
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