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Prevalence and predictors of infant and young child feeding practices in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- A Mobile-Based Approach to Enhance Knowledge of Infant and Young Child Feeding Among Teenage Mothers in Nigeria: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Complementary feeding practices in Northern Ghana: a mixed-methods study of prevalence, predictors, and socio-cultural influences.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Child feeding practices and nutritional status of children aged 6-23 months in Nigeria: a multi-site survey.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Phenotype of insulin-dependent diabetes in chronic undernutrition: beta cell stress and immune dysfunction-a rural sub-Saharan perspective on type 5 diabetes.Diabetologia · 2025Review
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- Psychosocial Predictors of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Among Mother-Child Dyads in Malawi and South Africa.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Factors associated with infant and young child feeding practices in Kaduna and Lagos States, Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Associations between maternal capabilities for care and nurturing care behaviours among mother-child dyads in Malawi and South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Can women empowerment boost dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months in sub-Saharan Africa?Tropical medicine and health · 2024Article
- Minimum meal frequency and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the demographic and health survey data.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus in the context of high levels of rural deprivation: differences in demographic and anthropometric characteristics between urban and rural cases in NW Ethiopia.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study assessed the prevalence and predictors of minimum dietary diversity (MDD), minimum meal frequency (MMF), and minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
methodsA sample of 87 672 mother-child pairs from the 2010-2020 Demographic and Health Surveys of 32 countries in SSA was used. Multilevel binary logistic regression analysis was carried out to examine the predictors of MDD, MMF, and MAD. Percentages and adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to present the findings.
resultsThe prevalence of MDD, MMF, and MAD in SSA were 25.3% (95% CI 21.7 to 28.9), 41.2% (95% CI 38.8 to 43.6), and 13.3% (95% CI 11.6 to 15.0), respectively. Children aged 18-23 months were more likely to have MDD and MAD but less likely to have MMF. Children of mothers with higher education levels were more likely to have MDD, MMF, and MAD. Children who were delivered in a health facility were more likely to have MDD and MAD but less likely to have MMF.
conclusionsFollowing the poor state of complementary feeding practices for infants and young children, the study recommends that regional and national policies on food and nutrition security and maternal and child nutrition and health should follow the internationally recommended guidelines in promoting, protecting, and supporting age-appropriate complementary foods and feeding practices for infants and young children.
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