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

SUBMITTER: Molani-Gol R 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature