Dietary Diversity Is Associated with Child Nutritional Status: Evidence from 11 Demographic and Health Surveys1,2
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Key words:
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
dietary diversity
child nutritional status
diet quality
socioeconomic factors
Abbreviations:
DHS
Demographic and Health Surveys [The DHS program is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and administered by ORC Macro. ORC Macro provides technical assistance to partner institutions in each country.]
HAZ
height-for-age Z-score(s)
LAC
Latin America/Caribbean
VIF
variance inflation factor
WHZ
weight-for height Z-score(s)
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Preliminary results were reported in Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop, Ouagadougou, November 23–28, 2003 [Ruel, M. T. & Arimond, M. (2004) Dietary diversity and growth: an analysis of recent demographic and health surveys. In: Food Based Approaches for a Healthy Nutrition in West Africa (Brower, E. D., Traore, A. S. & Treche, S., eds.). University Press, Ouagadougou (in press)].
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Funded in part by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project (FANTA) managed by the Academy for Educational Development for USAID.
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