Data on child complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and stunting in Musanze District, Rwanda

Stunting prevalence in Rwanda is still a major public health issue, and data on stunting is needed to plan relevant interventions. This data, collected in 2015, presents complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and its association with stunting in infants and young children in Musanze Distri...

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Main Authors: Vestine Uwiringiyimana, Marga C. Ocké, Sherif Amer, Antonie Veldkamp
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Data in Brief
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340918311624
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author Vestine Uwiringiyimana
Marga C. Ocké
Sherif Amer
Antonie Veldkamp
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description Stunting prevalence in Rwanda is still a major public health issue, and data on stunting is needed to plan relevant interventions. This data, collected in 2015, presents complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and its association with stunting in infants and young children in Musanze District in Rwanda. A household questionnaire and a 24-h recall questionnaire were used to collect the data. In total 145 children aged 5–30 months participated in the study together with their caregivers. The anthropometric status of children was calculated using WHO Anthro software [1] according to the WHO growth standards [2]. The complementary feeding practices together with households’ characteristics are reported per child stunting status. The nutrient intake and food group consumption are presented per age group of children. Also, the percentage contribution of each food groups to energy and nutrient intake in children is reported. The data also shows the association between zinc intake and age groups of children. Using multiple linear regression, a sensitivity analysis was done with height-for-age z-score as the dependent variable and exclusive breastfeeding, deworming table use, BMI of caregiver, dietary zinc intake as independent variables. The original linear regression model and a detailed methodology and analyses conducted are presented in Uwiringiyimana et al. [3]. Keywords: Complementary feeding practices, Stunting, Nutrient intake, Children, Musanze, Rwanda
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spelling doaj.art-04b4a3d7dc774043ab1735b4c6bcafa92022-12-21T22:49:23ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092018-12-0121334342Data on child complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and stunting in Musanze District, RwandaVestine Uwiringiyimana0Marga C. Ocké1Sherif Amer2Antonie Veldkamp3Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands; Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, University of Rwanda, PO. Box 3900, Kigali, Rwanda; Correspondence to: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Hengelosestraat 99 (359), 7514 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The NetherlandsFaculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The NetherlandsFaculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The NetherlandsStunting prevalence in Rwanda is still a major public health issue, and data on stunting is needed to plan relevant interventions. This data, collected in 2015, presents complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and its association with stunting in infants and young children in Musanze District in Rwanda. A household questionnaire and a 24-h recall questionnaire were used to collect the data. In total 145 children aged 5–30 months participated in the study together with their caregivers. The anthropometric status of children was calculated using WHO Anthro software [1] according to the WHO growth standards [2]. The complementary feeding practices together with households’ characteristics are reported per child stunting status. The nutrient intake and food group consumption are presented per age group of children. Also, the percentage contribution of each food groups to energy and nutrient intake in children is reported. The data also shows the association between zinc intake and age groups of children. Using multiple linear regression, a sensitivity analysis was done with height-for-age z-score as the dependent variable and exclusive breastfeeding, deworming table use, BMI of caregiver, dietary zinc intake as independent variables. The original linear regression model and a detailed methodology and analyses conducted are presented in Uwiringiyimana et al. [3]. Keywords: Complementary feeding practices, Stunting, Nutrient intake, Children, Musanze, Rwandahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340918311624
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Data on child complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and stunting in Musanze District, Rwanda
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title_short Data on child complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and stunting in Musanze District, Rwanda
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