Household food insecurity is associated with low dietary diversity among pregnant and lactating women in rural Malawi
To examine the association between household food insecurity and dietary diversity in the past 24h (dietary diversity score (DDS, range: 0-9); minimum dietary diversity (MDD, consumption of three or more food groups); consumption of nine separate food groups) among pregnant and lactating women in ru...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Public health nutrition 2019-03, Vol.22 (4), p.697-705 |
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Zusammenfassung: | To examine the association between household food insecurity and dietary diversity in the past 24h (dietary diversity score (DDS, range: 0-9); minimum dietary diversity (MDD, consumption of three or more food groups); consumption of nine separate food groups) among pregnant and lactating women in rural Malawi.
Cross-sectional study.
Two rural districts in Central Malawi.
Pregnant (n 589) and lactating (n 641) women.
Of surveyed pregnant and lactating women, 66·7 and 68·6 %, respectively, experienced moderate or severe food insecurity and only 32·4 and 28·1 %, respectively, met MDD. Compared with food-secure pregnant women, those who reported severe food insecurity had a 0·36 lower DDS (P |
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ISSN: | 1368-9800 1475-2727 1475-2727 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S1368980018002719 |