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Given the specified importance of dietary diversity in reducing the burden of malnutrition, our study explores the reasons for the high rate of malnutrition in India through assessment of a comprehensive range of ecosystem factors leading to poor nutrients intake. The study uses the Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) to investigate preschoolers, through differences in wealth, gender, and health. Demographic and Health Survey (2015-16) data of 1,40,470 preschool children between the ages of 2-5 years, is investigated using the Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory. Multiple linear regression models developed to investigate the association between variables, depict the importance of vaccination (The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41745-022-00339-4. |
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