Cargando…
Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Uganda
Adequate complementary foods contribute to good health and growth in young children. However, many countries are still off-track in achieving critical complementary feeding indicators, such as minimum meal frequency (MMF), minimum dietary diversity (MDD) and minimum acceptable diet (MAD). In this st...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9786234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36558366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14245208 |
_version_ | 1784858243042902016 |
---|---|
author | Scarpa, Giulia Berrang-Ford, Lea Galazoula, Maria Kakwangire, Paul Namanya, Didacus B. Tushemerirwe, Florence Ahumuza, Laura Cade, Janet E. |
author_facet | Scarpa, Giulia Berrang-Ford, Lea Galazoula, Maria Kakwangire, Paul Namanya, Didacus B. Tushemerirwe, Florence Ahumuza, Laura Cade, Janet E. |
author_sort | Scarpa, Giulia |
collection | PubMed |
description | Adequate complementary foods contribute to good health and growth in young children. However, many countries are still off-track in achieving critical complementary feeding indicators, such as minimum meal frequency (MMF), minimum dietary diversity (MDD) and minimum acceptable diet (MAD). In this study, we used the 2016 Ugandan Demographic Health Survey (UDHS) data to assess child feeding practices in young children aged 6–23 months. We assess and describe complementary feeding indicators (MMF, MDD and MAD) for Uganda, considering geographic variation. We construct multivariable logistic regression models—stratified by age—to evaluate four theorized predictors of MMF and MDD: health status, vaccination status, household wealth and female empowerment. Our findings show an improvement of complementary feeding practice indicators in Uganda compared to the past, although the MAD threshold was reached by only 22% of children. Children who did not achieve 1 or more complementary feeding indicators are primarily based in the northern regions of Uganda. Cereals and roots were the foods most consumed daily by young children (80%), while eggs were rarely eaten. Consistent with our hypotheses, we found that health status, vaccination status and wealth were significantly positively associated with MDD and MMF, while female empowerment was not. Improving nutrition in infant and young children is a priority. Urgent nutritional policies and acceptable interventions are needed to guarantee nutritious and age-appropriate complementary foods to each Ugandan child in the first years of life. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9786234 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-97862342022-12-24 Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Uganda Scarpa, Giulia Berrang-Ford, Lea Galazoula, Maria Kakwangire, Paul Namanya, Didacus B. Tushemerirwe, Florence Ahumuza, Laura Cade, Janet E. Nutrients Article Adequate complementary foods contribute to good health and growth in young children. However, many countries are still off-track in achieving critical complementary feeding indicators, such as minimum meal frequency (MMF), minimum dietary diversity (MDD) and minimum acceptable diet (MAD). In this study, we used the 2016 Ugandan Demographic Health Survey (UDHS) data to assess child feeding practices in young children aged 6–23 months. We assess and describe complementary feeding indicators (MMF, MDD and MAD) for Uganda, considering geographic variation. We construct multivariable logistic regression models—stratified by age—to evaluate four theorized predictors of MMF and MDD: health status, vaccination status, household wealth and female empowerment. Our findings show an improvement of complementary feeding practice indicators in Uganda compared to the past, although the MAD threshold was reached by only 22% of children. Children who did not achieve 1 or more complementary feeding indicators are primarily based in the northern regions of Uganda. Cereals and roots were the foods most consumed daily by young children (80%), while eggs were rarely eaten. Consistent with our hypotheses, we found that health status, vaccination status and wealth were significantly positively associated with MDD and MMF, while female empowerment was not. Improving nutrition in infant and young children is a priority. Urgent nutritional policies and acceptable interventions are needed to guarantee nutritious and age-appropriate complementary foods to each Ugandan child in the first years of life. MDPI 2022-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9786234/ /pubmed/36558366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14245208 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Scarpa, Giulia Berrang-Ford, Lea Galazoula, Maria Kakwangire, Paul Namanya, Didacus B. Tushemerirwe, Florence Ahumuza, Laura Cade, Janet E. Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Uganda |
title | Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Uganda |
title_full | Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Uganda |
title_fullStr | Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Uganda |
title_full_unstemmed | Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Uganda |
title_short | Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Uganda |
title_sort | identifying predictors for minimum dietary diversity and minimum meal frequency in children aged 6–23 months in uganda |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9786234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36558366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14245208 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT scarpagiulia identifyingpredictorsforminimumdietarydiversityandminimummealfrequencyinchildrenaged623monthsinuganda AT berrangfordlea identifyingpredictorsforminimumdietarydiversityandminimummealfrequencyinchildrenaged623monthsinuganda AT galazoulamaria identifyingpredictorsforminimumdietarydiversityandminimummealfrequencyinchildrenaged623monthsinuganda AT kakwangirepaul identifyingpredictorsforminimumdietarydiversityandminimummealfrequencyinchildrenaged623monthsinuganda AT namanyadidacusb identifyingpredictorsforminimumdietarydiversityandminimummealfrequencyinchildrenaged623monthsinuganda AT tushemerirweflorence identifyingpredictorsforminimumdietarydiversityandminimummealfrequencyinchildrenaged623monthsinuganda AT ahumuzalaura identifyingpredictorsforminimumdietarydiversityandminimummealfrequencyinchildrenaged623monthsinuganda AT cadejanete identifyingpredictorsforminimumdietarydiversityandminimummealfrequencyinchildrenaged623monthsinuganda |