Dietary diversity and its relationship with nutritional adequacy in 24 to 59 months old children in Iran: study protocol

Abstract Background Nutritional inadequacy, especially micronutrients, is still a serious concern among children in developing countries. Dietary diversity score (DDS) has been recommended as a proxy for nutritional adequacy. The present study aims to develop a questionnaire to assess the dietary di...

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Published inBMC nutrition Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 1 - 118
Main Authors Yari, Zahra, Amini, Maryam, Rasekhi, Hamid, Nikooyeh, Bahareh, Doustmohammadian, Azam, Ghodsi, Delaram, Rabiei, Samira, Neyestani, Tirang R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London BioMed Central 23.10.2022
BMC
Subjects
Adequacy
Age
Agriculture
Body mass index
Caregivers
Children
Chromatography
Correlation analysis
Developing countries
Diet
Diversity
Food
LDCs
Nutrients
Nutrition
Nutritional status
Proteins
Questionnaires
Software
Study Protocol
Teenagers
Vitamins
Iran
United States > US
India
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Summary:Abstract Background Nutritional inadequacy, especially micronutrients, is still a serious concern among children in developing countries. Dietary diversity score (DDS) has been recommended as a proxy for nutritional adequacy. The present study aims to develop a questionnaire to assess the dietary diversity among 24–59 months children in Iran; also, the validity of the dietary diversity score as an indicator of nutritional status among the children will be assessed. Methods In order to design the questionnaire, the Food and Agriculture Organization Guideline for measuring individual dietary diversity will be applied. According to the guideline, foods are categorized into nine groups, then dietary diversity score will be calculated by summing the number of food groups. In order to evaluate the efficacy of this questionnaire in predicting the nutritional status of the children, the relationship between dietary diversity score calculated by the questionnaire with nutritional adequacy, serum retinol and anthropometric indicators will be compared. Discussion DDS can be a valuable indicator for predicting the adequacy of macronutrients and micronutrients specially in children. It is also significantly related to the mean probability of adequacy (MPA).
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ISSN:2055-0928
2055-0928
DOI:10.1186/s40795-022-00616-6