Child dietary diversity and food (in)security as a potential correlate of child anthropometric indices in the context of
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Open Access
Child dietary diversity and food (in)security as a potential correlate of child anthropometric indices in the context of urban food system in the cases of northcentral Ethiopia Amare Molla Dinku1, Tefera Chane Mekonnen2*
and Getachew Shumye Adilu3
Abstract Objective: To investigate the relation of child dietary diversity and household food insecurity along with other socio-demographic with child anthropometric indices in north-central Ethiopia, an area with a high level of food insecurity and inadequate diet quality. Design: A community-based cross-sectional study was used. Settings: The study was conducted in Dessie and Combolcha towns of north-central Ethiopia from April to May 2018. Participants: Randomly selected 512 mother-child pairs with child’s age range of 6–59 months. Results: The mean (± SD) scores of weight-for-height/length, height/length-for-age, weight-for-age, and BMI-forage Z-scores were 1.35 (± 2.03), − 1.89 (± 1.79), 0.05 (± 1.54), and 1.39 (± 2.06), respectively. From all anthropometric indicators, stunting and overweight/obesity remained the severe public issues hitting 43% and 42% of the children, respectively. In the model, mothers’ age and education and child’s age, sex, and dietary diversity were significantly related with child height-for-age Z-score while place of residence, sex of household head, child’s age, and dietary diversity score were the predictors of child BMI-for-age Z-score in the urban contexts of the study area. Nevertheless, food insecurity was not related to any of the child anthropometric indices. Conclusion: The double burden of malnutrition epidemics (stunting and obesity) coexisted as severe public health concerns in urban settings. Anthropometric statuses of children were affected by multidimensional factors and seek strong integration and immediate intervention of multiple sectors. Keywords: Food insecurity, Dietary diversity, Urban food system, Child anthropometry, North-central Ethiopia
* Correspondence: [email protected] 2 Researcher at the School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licenc
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