ArticlePublic health nutrition2024
Dietary diversity moderates household economic inequalities in the double burden of malnutrition in Tanzania.
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- Association of dietary diversity and odds of anemia in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.BMC nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Double burden of malnutrition among households in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Location-Specific Predictors of Double Burden of Malnutrition among Nigerian Mother-Child Pairs: Re-evaluating Dietary Quality and Socioeconomic Factors.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- A Dual Malnutrition Challenge in Tanzania Explored Through Logistic Regression Analysis.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Mother-child dyads double burden of malnutrition and associated factors in Burkina Faso.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Determinants of household food security and maternal dietary diversity in rural Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia: results from a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Double burden of malnutrition and associated factors among mother-child pairs at household level in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study design.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Double burden of malnutrition among women and children in Zimbabwe: a pooled logistic regression and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveImproved food availability and a growing economy in Tanzania may insufficiently decrease pre-existing nutritional deficiencies and simultaneously increase overweight within the same individual, household or population, causing a double burden of malnutrition (DBM). We investigated economic inequalities in DBM at the household level, expressed as a stunted child with a mother with overweight/obesity, and the moderating role of dietary diversity in these inequalities.
designWe used cross-sectional data from the 2015-2016 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey.
settingA nationally representative survey.
participantsTotally, 2867 children (aged 6-23 months) and their mothers (aged 15-49 years). The mother-child pairs were categorised into two groups based on dietary diversity score: achieving and not achieving minimum dietary diversity.
resultsThe prevalence of DBM was 5·6 % (sd = 0·6) and significantly varied by region (ranging from 0·6 % to 12·2 %). Significant interaction was observed between dietary diversity and household wealth index (
conclusionsGreater household wealth was associated with higher odds of DBM in Tanzania; however, the negative impact of household economic status on DBM was mitigated by minimum dietary diversity.
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