Dietary diversity and its relationship with nutritional adequacy in 24 to 59 months old children in Iran: study protocol

Zahra Yari; Maryam Amini; Hamid Rasekhi; Bahareh Nikooyeh; Azam Doustmohammadian; Delaram Ghodsi; Samira Rabiei; Tirang R. Neyestani

doi:10.1186/s40795-022-00616-6

BMC Nutrition (Oct 2022)

Dietary diversity and its relationship with nutritional adequacy in 24 to 59 months old children in Iran: study protocol

Zahra Yari,
Maryam Amini,
Hamid Rasekhi,
Bahareh Nikooyeh,
Azam Doustmohammadian,
Delaram Ghodsi,
Samira Rabiei,
Tirang R. Neyestani

Affiliations

Zahra Yari: Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science
Maryam Amini: Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science
Hamid Rasekhi: Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science
Bahareh Nikooyeh: Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science
Azam Doustmohammadian: Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center (GILDRC), Iran University of Medical Sciences
Delaram Ghodsi: Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science
Samira Rabiei: Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science
Tirang R. Neyestani: Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00616-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

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Abstract Background Nutritional inadequacy, especially micronutrients, is still a serious concern among children in developing countries. Dietary diversity score (DDS) has been recommended as a proxy for nutritional adequacy. The present study aims to develop a questionnaire to assess the dietary diversity among 24–59 months children in Iran; also, the validity of the dietary diversity score as an indicator of nutritional status among the children will be assessed. Methods In order to design the questionnaire, the Food and Agriculture Organization Guideline for measuring individual dietary diversity will be applied. According to the guideline, foods are categorized into nine groups, then dietary diversity score will be calculated by summing the number of food groups. In order to evaluate the efficacy of this questionnaire in predicting the nutritional status of the children, the relationship between dietary diversity score calculated by the questionnaire with nutritional adequacy, serum retinol and anthropometric indicators will be compared. Discussion DDS can be a valuable indicator for predicting the adequacy of macronutrients and micronutrients specially in children. It is also significantly related to the mean probability of adequacy (MPA).

Published in BMC Nutrition

ISSN: 2055-0928 (Online)
Publisher: BMC
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Home economics: Nutrition. Foods and food supply; Technology: Chemical technology: Food processing and manufacture; Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcnutr

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