Minimum acceptable diet intake and its associated factors among children age at 6-23 months in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the sub-Saharan Africa demographic and health survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only one in five children aged below 24 months in the low-income countries feed the minimum recommended diet, and significantly varied across socio-economic classes. Though sub-saharan Africa (SSA) shares the huge burden of children under nutrition, as to our search of literature there is limited evidence on the pooled magnitude and factors associated with minimum acceptable diet (MAD) intake among children aged 6 to 23 months in the region. This study aimed to assess the pooled magnitude and associated factors of MAD intake among children aged 6-23 months in SSA using recent 2010-2020 DHS data.

Methods

Demographic and Health Survey datasets of SSA countries were used for this study with a total of 78,542 weighted samples. The data were cleaned using MS excel and

SUBMITTER: Belay DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8991979 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature