The specific IYCF indicators investigated are minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet.
Prevalence of minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet was obtained by using descriptive statistics.
However, minimum meal frequency, minimum dietary diversity and minimum acceptable diet were either not or only weakly correlated with WLZ scores for all children aged 6 23 months.
The three infant feeding indicators (complementary feeding), minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet were reported in this study.
Categorical variables of interest associated with, minimum meal frequency, minimum dietary diversity and minimum acceptable diet were determined by using a Chi-square test.
Utilizing the NDHS 2011 data, this study aimed to (i) describe the rate of providing minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet amongst young children aged 6 23 months in 2011 and (ii) identify the factors associated with minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet amongst young children aged 6 23 months.
Three infant and young child feeding practices (minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet) were assessed in this study based on the WHO recommendation and indicators [ 7, 9, 15].
Interestingly, most of the WHO recommended complementary feeding indicators (Minimum meal frequency, minimum dietary diversity, and minimum acceptable diet) were not associated with child growth indicators among children aged 6 23 months.
The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between IYCF indicators (timing of complementary feeding, minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet) and child growth indicators.
Accordingly, the main purpose of this study is to examine secular trends in complementary feeding indicators, that is, introduction of solid, semisolid or soft foods, minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet (MAD) 1 for the period 2003 2013, and examine whether these trends differ by socioeconomic, health service and individual characteristics.
