Complementary feeding and attained linear growth among 6–23-month-old children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15095100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adelheid W Onyango (World Health Organization - Pakistan, corresponding author), Elaine Borghi (0000-0001-7782-7979, World Health Organization - Pakistan), Mercedes De Onís (World Health Organization - Pakistan), Ma del Carmen Casanovas (World Health Organization - Pakistan), Cutberto Garza (0000-0003-1970-1141, Boston College) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1975-1983 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Health Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980013002401 |
| PMID | 24050753 |
| OpenAlex | W2102592235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 26 |
Objective To examine the association between complementary feeding indicators and attained linear growth at 6–23 months. Design Secondary analysis of Phase V Demographic and Health Surveys data (2003–2008). Country-specific ANOVA models were used to estimate effects of three complementary feeding indicators (minimum meal frequency, minimum dietary diversity and minimum adequate diet) on length-for-age, adjusted for covariates and interactions of interest. Setting Twenty-one countries (four Asian, twelve African, four from the Americas and one European). Subjects Sample sizes ranging from 608 to 13 676. Results Less than half the countries met minimum meal frequency and minimum dietary diversity, and only Peru had a majority of the sample receiving a minimum adequate diet. Minimum dietary diversity was the indicator most consistently associated with attained length, having significant positive effect estimates (ranging from 0·16 to 1·40 for length-for-age Z -score) in twelve out of twenty-one countries. Length-for-age declined with age in all countries, and the greatest declines in its Z -score were seen in countries (Niger, −1·9; Mali, −1·6; Democratic Republic of Congo, −1·4; Ethiopia, −1·3) where dietary diversity was persistently low or increased very little with age. Conclusions There is growing recognition that poor complementary feeding contributes to the characteristic negative growth trends observed in developing countries and therefore needs focused attention and its own tailored interventions. Dietary diversity has the potential to improve linear growth. Using four food groups to define minimum dietary diversity appears to capture enough information in a simplified, standard format for multi-country comparisons of the quality of complementary diets
Agriculture · Biology · Dietary diversity · Diversity (politics · Food security · Geography · Linear growth · Meal · Psychological intervention · Sample size determination · Statistics · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Food Science
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |