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Dietary diversity among pregnant women and associated factors in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The effect of nutrition education and counseling on the nutritional status of pregnant women in Ethiopia, 2025: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of nutrition education integrating the health belief model and theory of planned behavior on dietary diversity of pregnant women in Southeast Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Nutrition journal · 2024Trial
- Specific micronutrient practices drive dietary quality in Ethiopia's industrial urban communities.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Magnitude of Additional Meal Consumption and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Aleta Wondo Primary Hospital, Sidama Region, Ethiopia.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Article
- Subclinical vitamin A deficiency and associated factors among pregnant women in eastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between child marriage and high blood glucose level in women: A birth cohort analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
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- Dietary diversity practice and its associated factors among pregnant women in Eastern Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- Dietary diversity and associated factors among women attending antenatal clinics in the coast region of Tanzania.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Prevalence and determinants of inadequate dietary diversity among pregnant women in four Sub-Saharan Africa countries: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys from 2021 to 2022.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Micronutrient deficiencies and their co-occurrence among pregnant women in Mbeya region, Tanzania.PloS one · 2024Article
- Prevalence and predictors of anemia among six-week-old infants in Kwale County, Kenya: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Only two in five pregnant women have adequate dietary diversity during antenatal care at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital in Eastern Ethiopia.Journal of nutritional science · 2024Article
- Mediating effects of women's empowerment on dietary diversity during pregnancy in Central West Ethiopia: A structural equation modelling.Global health action · 2023Article
- The relationship between perceived stress and pregnancy distress with self-care of pregnant women: The mediating role of social support-A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Inadequate dietary diversity during pregnancy increases the risk of maternal anemia and low birth weight in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Food science & nutrition · 2023Review
- Calculator for inadequate micronutrient intake for Ethiopia (CIMI-Ethiopia): Validation of the software for lactating mothers and their children under 2 years.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
- Women's holistic self-care behaviors during pregnancy and associations with psychological well-being: implications for maternal care facilities.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundsPregnancy related complications are major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Diversified food consumption is essential to produce hormones during pregnancy and it reduced complications. In Ethiopia, many researchers were investigated about the proportion of pregnant women with dietary diversity and its determinant factors. However, those studies are inconsistent and fragmented. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the pooled proportion of pregnant women with dietary diversity practice and its associated factors in Ethiopia.
methodsWe conducted a systematic electronic web-based search of PubMed/ /MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Google online databases for identifying studies on proportion of pregnant women with dietary diversity practice and its associated factors in Ethiopia using pre-defined quality and inclusion criteria. STATA version 14 statistical software was used to analyze the data. We extracted relevant data and presented in tabular form. The I2 test was used to assess heterogeneity across studies. Funnel plot asymmetry and Begg's test were used to check for publication bias. The final effect size was determined by applying a random-effects model.
resultsOur search identified 170 studies. Of which, 23 were included in the final analysis stage. The pooled proportion of dietary diversity among pregnant women in Ethiopia was 41% (95% CI: 33, 49). Mothers can read and write (OR = 1.82 (95% CI: 1.25, 2.64)), maternal primary school and above educated (OR = 2.11 (95% CI: 1.10, 4.05)), nutritional information (OR = 4.1 (95% CI: 2.1, 7.99), dietary diversity knowledge (OR = 3.4 (95% CI: 2.73, 4.73)) and household had rich wealth index (OR = 3.45 (95% CI: 1.19, 10.1)) were significantly associated with dietary diversity practice during pregnancy.
conclusionsIn this meta-analysis; we found that low proportion of pregnant women with adequate dietary diversity in Ethiopia (41%). Maternal education, nutritional information, dietary diversity knowledge and wealth index level of household were significantly associated factors of pregnant woman with dietary diversity practice. This finding implies that improving the awareness of woman about dietary diversity during pregnancy and empowering women economically would play a significant role to improve dietary diversity practice.
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