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Does the high dietary diversity score predict dietary micronutrients adequacy in children under 5 years old? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Undiversified and monotonous diets can lead to deficiency disease, named micronutrient deficiency, more specifically among young children. Dietary diversity (DD) has been known as a valid indicator to assess micronutrient inadequacy of the diet. The aim of this study was to determine "is there an association between high dietary diversity and the micronutrient adequacy, in children under 5 years old?".

Methods

PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Sciences, and Google Scholar databases were searched until February 2022, without date restrictions, using relevant keywords. All original articles, written in English, evaluating the relationship between DD and micronutrient adequacy in children under 5 years were eligible for this review.

Results

Totally, 1814 records were found in electronic search databases; after removing duplicated and irrelevant studies according to the title and abstract, the full text of the 35 articles was critically screened, in which 15 cross-sectional studies were included in this review. All of these studies reported that DD of infants and children under 5 years was positively associated with their micronutrient adequacy.

Conclusion

The findings indicate that in infants and children under 5 years, intake of various food groups reveals the adequate intake of micronutrients.

SUBMITTER: Molani-Gol R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9817313 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Does the high dietary diversity score predict dietary micronutrients adequacy in children under 5 years old? A systematic review.

Molani-Gol Roghayeh R Kheirouri Sorayya S Alizadeh Mohammad M

Journal of health, population, and nutrition 20230106 1

<h4>Backgrounds</h4>Undiversified and monotonous diets can lead to deficiency disease, named micronutrient deficiency, more specifically among young children. Dietary diversity (DD) has been known as a valid indicator to assess micronutrient inadequacy of the diet. The aim of this study was to determine "is there an association between high dietary diversity and the micronutrient adequacy, in children under 5 years old?".<h4>Methods</h4>PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Sciences, and Google ...[more]

PMID: 36609429

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Project description:IntroductionSuboptimal feeding practices among caregivers contribute to nutritional-related health problems in children in low and middle-income countries, such as Tanzania. The continuum of the recommended feeding practices has been an utmost challenge among caregivers during the transition from health facilities to homes for improved under-five children's health.ObjectiveThis study assessed feeding practices, dietary diversities, and dietary adequacy among caregivers with under-five children in the Dodoma region, Tanzania.MethodsA community-based descriptive cross-sectional study in a quantitative research approach was adopted to study 289 randomly selected caregivers of under-five children in Dodoma region, Tanzania from March to August 2022. The World Health Organization Infant and Young Children Feeding Guidelines was the main data collection tool. Data were analyzed descriptively using a Statistical Package for Social Sciences computer software program version 25. Statistical limits were set at a 95% confidence interval and a 5% significance level.ResultsMean age was 26±6.47 of which 68.2% (n = 197) were females. Findings revealed 66.1% of caregivers had unsatisfactory feeding practices. It was observed that 67.8% of the caregivers fed their under-five children inadequately. Only 32.2% of them attained the minimum dietary diversity while 35.3% and 31.5% of caregivers demonstrated feeding practices < and > the recommended minimum Dietary diversity respectively. Moreover, 90.7% of caregivers fed their children group one food while 59.1% of them did not practice feeding the children snacks between meals. Feeding practice, dietary diversity, and dietary adequacy were significantly related to the caregiver's sex, education level, and socioeconomic status (p<0.05).ConclusionUnder-five children are at serious risk of nutritional problems as most caregivers in this study demonstrated unsatisfactory feeding practices on dietary diversities for dietary adequacy below the world health organization recommended Minimum Dietary diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency. Community-based nutritional education programs for caregivers need to be disseminated to the community level to address the problem accordingly.

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Does the high dietary diversity score predict dietary micronutrients adequacy in children under 5 years old? A systematic review.

Backgrounds

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Does the high dietary diversity score predict dietary micronutrients adequacy in children under 5 years old? A systematic review.

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