Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children.

ABSTRACT: Maternal depression has been associated with adverse child growth and development; less is known about its relation to children's diet. In a cross-sectional study embedded at endline of a longitudinal community development intervention, mothers of 629 children (age 23-66 months) in rural Nepal responded to household and children's diet questionnaires and were screened for depression. Child anthropometry and development (Ages and Stages Questionnaire) were assessed. Regression models examined children's diet, growth and development, adjusting for household, child and maternal characteristics. The prevalence of maternal depression was 21%. Maternal depression was associated with 11% lower likelihood that the child consumed one additional food group [Poisson regression, adjusted relative risk

SUBMITTER: Miller LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8476425 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature