Low dietary diversity is a predictor of child stunting in rural Bangladesh

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 64; no. 12; pp. 1393 - 1398
• Main Authors: Rah, J.H, Akhter, N, Semba, R.D, De Pee, S, Bloem, M.W, Campbell, A.A, Moench-Pfanner, R, Sun, K, Badham, J, Kraemer, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2010; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/699/1702/295; 692/699/2743/1530; 692/700/1720; Adequacy; age; Anthropometry; Bangladesh - epidemiology; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; breast feeding; Child development; child nutrition; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Child, Preschool; Children; Clinical Nutrition; Confidence intervals; Diarrhea; Diet; dietary diversity score; Epidemiology; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Food; Food - economics; Food groups; food intake; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Growth Disorders - epidemiology; growth retardation; human diseases; Humans; Infant; infant nutrition; infants; Internal Medicine; Logistic Models; Low income areas; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Multivariate Analysis; Nutrient deficiency; Nutrient status; Nutrition; nutritional adequacy; Nutritional Status; Odds Ratio; original-article; Poverty; prediction; preschool children; Public Health; Regression analysis; Regression models; Rural areas; Rural Population; socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; Statistical analysis; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Bangladesh; Asia; under-five; nutritional status; Bangladesh; stunting; complementary food; dietary diversity; Human; Rural environment; Prediction; Metabolic diseases; Growth retardation; Feeding; Diet; Child; Nutritional status; Food

Background/Objectives: Dietary diversity is associated with overall quality and nutrient adequacy of the diet in low-income countries. We determined the association between dietary diversity and stunting among children aged 6–59 months in rural Bangladesh. Subjects/Methods: In total, 165 111 under-f...