Factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of Bangladesh
Abstract Dietary diversity is an indicator of nutrition that has been found positively associated with diet quality, micronutrient adequacy, and improved maternal health and child growth. Due to the cultural responsibility of women in providing food at the household level, their status is very impor...
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| author | Sadika Haque Md. Salman Md. Shakhawat Hossain Sourav Mohan Saha Samantha Farquhar Md. Nazmul Hoque Nafisa Zaman Fatema Tuj Zohora Hira Md. Mehedi Hasan |
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| description | Abstract Dietary diversity is an indicator of nutrition that has been found positively associated with diet quality, micronutrient adequacy, and improved maternal health and child growth. Due to the cultural responsibility of women in providing food at the household level, their status is very important to perform this role. Hence, this study has been conducted on the status of dietary diversity of the mother and child to understand how it relates to various factors of women in urban settings. Data were obtained from 1978 mother–child pairs living in different cities in Bangladesh. The foods taken by the women and children were categorized into 10 and 7 groups to measure women's dietary diversity (WDD) and children's dietary diversity (CDD), respectively. The study found that more than three‐fourths of the mothers and half of the children had low dietary diversity. The household wealth holdings and access to resources by the women were found inadequate, while two‐thirds of them had the lowest to medium level of nutritional knowledge. The binomial logistic regression model was used to measure the factors influencing WDD and CDD. The findings also indicated that children's dietary diversity was influenced by the mother's age, education, supportive attitude and behavior of husband, and access to and control over resources. While the household wealth index can enhance both child and mother's dietary variety, nutrition knowledge, dietary counseling, and access to and control over resources can improve maternal dietary diversity. This study recommends improving women's socioeconomic status by increasing their wealth and access to resources and enhancing their nutrition knowledge by providing food and nutrition counseling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48a0541d1b6a4c54861e39742679b7cc2024-01-23T07:22:47ZengWileyFood Science & Nutrition2048-71772024-01-0112141942910.1002/fsn3.3755Factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of BangladeshSadika Haque0Md. Salman1Md. Shakhawat Hossain2Sourav Mohan Saha3Samantha Farquhar4Md. Nazmul Hoque5Nafisa Zaman6Fatema Tuj Zohora Hira7Md. Mehedi Hasan8Department of Agricultural Economics Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Economics Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh BangladeshSouthwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management (SAIWRPM) Project, Bangladesh Water Development Board Faridpur BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Finance, Co‐operatives and Banking Khulna Agricultural University Khulna BangladeshIntegrated Coastal Sciences East Carolina University Greenville North Carolina USAStudent Affairs Division Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Economics Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh BangladeshFaculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh BangladeshFaculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh BangladeshAbstract Dietary diversity is an indicator of nutrition that has been found positively associated with diet quality, micronutrient adequacy, and improved maternal health and child growth. Due to the cultural responsibility of women in providing food at the household level, their status is very important to perform this role. Hence, this study has been conducted on the status of dietary diversity of the mother and child to understand how it relates to various factors of women in urban settings. Data were obtained from 1978 mother–child pairs living in different cities in Bangladesh. The foods taken by the women and children were categorized into 10 and 7 groups to measure women's dietary diversity (WDD) and children's dietary diversity (CDD), respectively. The study found that more than three‐fourths of the mothers and half of the children had low dietary diversity. The household wealth holdings and access to resources by the women were found inadequate, while two‐thirds of them had the lowest to medium level of nutritional knowledge. The binomial logistic regression model was used to measure the factors influencing WDD and CDD. The findings also indicated that children's dietary diversity was influenced by the mother's age, education, supportive attitude and behavior of husband, and access to and control over resources. While the household wealth index can enhance both child and mother's dietary variety, nutrition knowledge, dietary counseling, and access to and control over resources can improve maternal dietary diversity. This study recommends improving women's socioeconomic status by increasing their wealth and access to resources and enhancing their nutrition knowledge by providing food and nutrition counseling.https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.3755access to and control over resourcesdietary counselingdietary diversitymaternal and child nutritionUrban Bangladeshwealth index |
| spellingShingle | Sadika Haque Md. Salman Md. Shakhawat Hossain Sourav Mohan Saha Samantha Farquhar Md. Nazmul Hoque Nafisa Zaman Fatema Tuj Zohora Hira Md. Mehedi Hasan Factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of Bangladesh Food Science & Nutrition access to and control over resources dietary counseling dietary diversity maternal and child nutrition Urban Bangladesh wealth index |
| title | Factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of Bangladesh |
| title_full | Factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of Bangladesh |
| title_short | Factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of Bangladesh |
| title_sort | factors associated with child and maternal dietary diversity in the urban areas of bangladesh |
| topic | access to and control over resources dietary counseling dietary diversity maternal and child nutrition Urban Bangladesh wealth index |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.3755 |
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