Seasonal variation in the association between household food insecurity and child undernutrition in Bangladesh: Mediating role of child dietary diversity
| Autor: | Md. Mehedi Hasan, Abdul Kader, Chowdhury Abdullah Al Asif, Aminuzzaman Talukder |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Maternal and Child Nutrition, Vol 19, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1740-8709 1740-8695 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/mcn.13465 |
| Popis: | Abstract Household food insecurity (HFI) and child dietary diversity (CDD) are variable across seasons. We examined seasonal variation in HFI and child undernutrition association and tested how CDD mediates this association. We analyzed data for 26,353 children aged 6–59 months drawn from nationally representative cross‐sectional Food Security and Nutrition Surveillance Project data collected during 2012–2014 in Bangladesh across three seasons annually: Post‐Aman harvest (January–April); Monsoon (May–August); and Post‐Aus harvest (September–December). Multivariable logistic regression analysis adjusted for individual, maternal, household and geographical characteristics reveals that children of food‐insecure households were more likely than food‐secure households to be stunted (adjusted odds ratio, AOR: 1.12; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.02–1.23; p |
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