Dietary diversity predicts dietary quality regardless of season in 6-12-month-old infants in south-west Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Simple, cost-effective and convenient instruments like food group-based scores are proposed to assess micronutrient adequacy of children in developing countries. We assessed the predictive ability and seasonal stability of a dietary diversity score (DDS) to indicate dietary quality of infants.

Design

A 24 h dietary recall assessment was carried out on a sample of 320 and 312 breast-fed infants aged 6-12 months during harvest (HS) and pre-harvest (PHS) seasons, respectively, in Ethiopia. DDS was calculated based on seven food groups, while mean micronutrient density adequacy (MMDA) was calculated for eight micronutrients. Multiple linear regression models were used to assess the relationship between DDS and MMDA, and differences in nutrient intake between the two se

SUBMITTER: Wondafrash M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10270903 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature