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Level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ugandan districts

Uganda has made notable progress in improving child nutrition indicators, albeit not fast enough to meet global targets. Navigating the landscape of child nutrition in Uganda demands attention, particularly in light of the necessity for a minimum acceptable diet (MAD) for children aged 12–23 months....

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Autores principales: Kimuli, Derrick, Nakaggwa, Florence, Kasule, Kenneth, Kiconco, Immaculate, Nyakwezi, Sheila, Sevume, Solome, Mubiru, Nobert, Mwehire, Daniel, Katwesige, Justine Fay, Nsubuga, Rebecca N., Amuron, Barbara, Bukenya, Daraus, Wandera, Bonnie, Namuwenge, Norah
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10584160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37851649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293041
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author Kimuli, Derrick
Nakaggwa, Florence
Kasule, Kenneth
Kiconco, Immaculate
Nyakwezi, Sheila
Sevume, Solome
Mubiru, Nobert
Mwehire, Daniel
Katwesige, Justine Fay
Nsubuga, Rebecca N.
Amuron, Barbara
Bukenya, Daraus
Wandera, Bonnie
Namuwenge, Norah
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Nakaggwa, Florence
Kasule, Kenneth
Kiconco, Immaculate
Nyakwezi, Sheila
Sevume, Solome
Mubiru, Nobert
Mwehire, Daniel
Katwesige, Justine Fay
Nsubuga, Rebecca N.
Amuron, Barbara
Bukenya, Daraus
Wandera, Bonnie
Namuwenge, Norah
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description Uganda has made notable progress in improving child nutrition indicators, albeit not fast enough to meet global targets. Navigating the landscape of child nutrition in Uganda demands attention, particularly in light of the necessity for a minimum acceptable diet (MAD) for children aged 12–23 months. While the focus on local nutritional planning is crucial, the absence of routine-specific nutritional status data creates a significant information gap. To bridge this void, this study used datasets from the 2021 Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) survey. Data were analysed using multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression (clustering districts based on regional boundaries) at a 5% statistical significance level using STATA version 17. Of the 7,111 children surveyed, 3,256 (49.20%) received the minimum meal frequency, 695 (9.80%) received the minimum dietary diversity, and only 380 (5.34%) received the MAD. There was a notable variation in the proportion of children that received the MAD across regions and districts. Children living in urban areas, children whose mothers had a higher education, and children whose mothers had a diverse diet were more likely to receive the MAD. Children were less likely to receive the MAD if they lived in a household that did not receive a health worker visit within the year. These findings suggest a need to prioritize initiatives aimed at increasing dietary diversity among children in Uganda. This could be done through a variety of approaches, such as leveraging the use of home gardens to boost nutrition through diverse crop cultivation, demonstration gardens, and offering nutrition counselling through village health teams.
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spelling pubmed-105841602023-10-19 Level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ugandan districts Kimuli, Derrick Nakaggwa, Florence Kasule, Kenneth Kiconco, Immaculate Nyakwezi, Sheila Sevume, Solome Mubiru, Nobert Mwehire, Daniel Katwesige, Justine Fay Nsubuga, Rebecca N. Amuron, Barbara Bukenya, Daraus Wandera, Bonnie Namuwenge, Norah PLoS One Research Article Uganda has made notable progress in improving child nutrition indicators, albeit not fast enough to meet global targets. Navigating the landscape of child nutrition in Uganda demands attention, particularly in light of the necessity for a minimum acceptable diet (MAD) for children aged 12–23 months. While the focus on local nutritional planning is crucial, the absence of routine-specific nutritional status data creates a significant information gap. To bridge this void, this study used datasets from the 2021 Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) survey. Data were analysed using multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression (clustering districts based on regional boundaries) at a 5% statistical significance level using STATA version 17. Of the 7,111 children surveyed, 3,256 (49.20%) received the minimum meal frequency, 695 (9.80%) received the minimum dietary diversity, and only 380 (5.34%) received the MAD. There was a notable variation in the proportion of children that received the MAD across regions and districts. Children living in urban areas, children whose mothers had a higher education, and children whose mothers had a diverse diet were more likely to receive the MAD. Children were less likely to receive the MAD if they lived in a household that did not receive a health worker visit within the year. These findings suggest a need to prioritize initiatives aimed at increasing dietary diversity among children in Uganda. This could be done through a variety of approaches, such as leveraging the use of home gardens to boost nutrition through diverse crop cultivation, demonstration gardens, and offering nutrition counselling through village health teams. Public Library of Science 2023-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10584160/ /pubmed/37851649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293041 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication.
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Kimuli, Derrick
Nakaggwa, Florence
Kasule, Kenneth
Kiconco, Immaculate
Nyakwezi, Sheila
Sevume, Solome
Mubiru, Nobert
Mwehire, Daniel
Katwesige, Justine Fay
Nsubuga, Rebecca N.
Amuron, Barbara
Bukenya, Daraus
Wandera, Bonnie
Namuwenge, Norah
Level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ugandan districts
title Level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ugandan districts
title_full Level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ugandan districts
title_fullStr Level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ugandan districts
title_full_unstemmed Level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ugandan districts
title_short Level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Ugandan districts
title_sort level of minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in ugandan districts
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10584160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37851649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293041
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