1. Minimum acceptable diet and associated factors among 6–23 months children in rural households with irrigated users and non-irrigated users in Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
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Welelaw Mengistu, Dereje Birhanu, and Omer Seid
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Minimum acceptable diet ,Irrigated and non-irrigated users ,Mecha district ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,TX341-641 ,Food processing and manufacture ,TP368-456 ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Abstract Introduction Poor quality of complementary foods is a key contributor to undernutrition even with optimal breastfeeding. Minimum Acceptable Diet (MAD) has tremendous health and nutrition benefits but only 12% of Ethiopian children’s feeding practices meet its standards. The Ethiopian government has recently increased efforts to expand nutrition-sensitive irrigation to improve child nutrition. However, the impact that irrigation has brought on the minimum acceptable diet practice of children below two years has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to compare the magnitude of MAD practice and associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in households with irrigated users and non-users of North Mecha district, Ethiopia. Methods A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was employed among 824 mother-child pairs. For infant and young child feeding practices, the data collection tools were adapted from the World Health Organization’s standardized questionnaire developed in 2010. X2 test was used to compare the MAD practices of irrigated users’ and non-irrigated users. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to see the predictor variables. p-value
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- 2024
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