Minimum dietary diversity behaviour among children aged 6 to 24 months and their determinants: insights from 31 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries
Heavenlight A. Paulo, John Andrew, Pankras Luoga, Huda Omary, Suleiman Chombo, Jackline Vicent Mbishi, Isaac Y. Addo · 2024
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A research team measured how few young children across sub-Saharan Africa eat a varied diet, in a 2024 study. Health guidance urges diverse foods for children aged six to twenty-four months, for growth and brain development. The team pooled household survey data from thirty-one countries, covering about forty-four thousand children.
Only eleven percent of children met the minimum diversity mark, far below the global estimate near twenty-eight percent. Rates ran from barely one percent in Burkina Faso to a third in South Africa. Children of older, better schooled, and wealthier mothers fared better. More prenatal visits and city living also helped. The authors urge urgent action to support parents, above all poorer and less schooled mothers. They frame diet diversity as a policy problem with clear levers: schooling, wealth support, and care contact.
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| CREATOR | Heavenlight A. Paulo, John Andrew, Pankras Luoga, Huda Omary, Suleiman Chombo, Jackline Vicent Mbishi, Isaac Y. Addo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |