Dietary diversity and nutritional status among children in rural Burkina Faso

• Verfasst von: Sié, Ali [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Bärnighausen, Till [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Dietary diversity and nutritional status among children in rural Burkina Faso
• Verf.angabe: Ali Sié, Charlemagne Tapsoba, Clarisse Dah, Lucienne Ouermi, Pascal Zabre, Till Bärnighausen, Ahmed M. Arzika, Elodie Lebas, Blake M. Snyder, Caitlin Moe, Jeremy D. Keenan, Catherine E. Oldenburg
• E-Jahr: 2018
• Jahr: 22 March 2018
• Umfang: 6 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 24.09.2019
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: International health
• Ort Quelle: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2009
• Jahr Quelle: 2018
• Band/Heft Quelle: 10(2018), 3, Seite 157-162
• ISSN Quelle: 1876-3405
• DOI: doi:10.1093/inthealth/ihy016
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Burkina Faso
• Sach-SW: Child, Preschool
• Sach-SW: Diet
• Sach-SW: Female
• Sach-SW: Humans
• Sach-SW: Infant
• Sach-SW: Male
• Sach-SW: Nutritional Status
• Sach-SW: Rural Population
• K10plus-PPN: 1677597992

Abstract

Background: Burkina Faso has a seasonal malnutrition pattern, with higher malnutrition prevalence during the rainy season when crop yields are low. We investigated the association between dietary diversity and nutritional status among children aged 6-59 mo during the low crop yield season in rural Burkina Faso to assess the role of dietary diversity during the lean season on childhood nutritional status. - Methods: Caregivers reported the dietary diversity of the past 7 d, consisting of 11 food groups, summed into a scale. Anthropometric measurements were taken from all children. Height-for-age (HAZ), weight-for-height (WHZ) and weight-for-age (WAZ) z-scores were calculated based on 2006 WHO standards. Stunting, wasting and underweight were defined as HAZ, WHZ and WAZ <-2 SD, respectively. Multivariable regression models adjusting for potential confounders including household food insecurity and animal ownership were used to assess the relationship between anthropometric indices and dietary diversity. - Results: Of 251 children enrolled in the study, 20.6% were stunted, 10.0% wasted and 13.9% underweight. Greater dietary diversity was associated with greater HAZ (SD 0.14, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.25) among all children. There was no association between dietary diversity and wasting or mid-upper arm circumference in this study. - Conclusions: Increasing dietary diversity may be an approach to reduce the burden of stunting and chronic malnutrition among young children in regions with seasonal food insecurity.