Toddlers’ Dietary Diversity and Its Determinants in Different Agricultural Periods,
Auteur(s): Ouédraogo, Ousmane, Ella Wendinpuikondo Raketa Compaoré, Emile Kou’santa Sabiba Amouzou, Mamoudou Hama Dicko
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Background: Inadequate diet and illness were immediate causes of malnutrition. Dietary diversity helps to ensure adequate intake of essential nutrients and promotes good health. Challenge is to maintain adequate nutrients intake during all periods. The primary study objective was to determine the toddlers’ dietary diversity and its determinants in
different agricultural periods. Methods: In this repeated cross-sectional study, a 24 hours open recall was used to collect all foods eaten by toddlers. These data were collected three times in households at the Centre-West region of Burkina Faso. The dietary diversity score (DDS) equals the number of food groups consumed. The toddler’s dietary diversity was low when DDS

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Tolder Diet Agriculture Burkina Faso

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