Impacts of Caregivers’ Nutrition Knowledge and Food Market Accessibility on Preschool Children’s Dietary Diversity in Remote Communities in Southeast Nigeria
| Autor: | Francis Chidi Anosike, Mark Umunna Amadi, Anthony Oko-Isu, Christian Uwadoka, Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke, Christiana Ogonna Igberi, Chinyere Augusta Nwajiuba, Jane Munonye, A. I. Adeolu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
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preschool children 030309 nutrition & dietetics Geography Planning and Development Dietary diversity Closeness market access Market access TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law nutrition knowledge TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Nutrition knowledge Food group FANTA 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health GE1-350 030212 general & internal medicine Empirical evidence 0303 health sciences Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment fungi Instrumental variable instrumental variable Environmental sciences Geography impact food groups Nexus (standard) |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 6, p 1688 (2019) Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 6 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Empirical evidence is scanty on the nexus between caregivers&rsquo nutrition knowledge, market accessibility, and preschool children&rsquo s dietary diversity in remote communities of Africa&rsquo s most populous country, Nigeria. To fill this gap, this study evaluated the effects of caregivers&rsquo nutrition knowledge and access to food market on dietary diversity of preschool children. We used cross-sectional data from four hundred households selected from twenty remote communities in Southeast Nigeria. The study adopted instrumental variable regression to estimate the impacts of nutrition knowledge and food market access on preschool children&rsquo s dietary diversity. The findings show that in remote communities, caregivers&rsquo nutrition knowledge and households&rsquo closeness to the market improved preschool children&rsquo s dietary diversity. The study demonstrates the potential of improving preschool children&rsquo s nutrition outcomes through enhancing access to food market and the nutrition knowledge of the caregivers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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