First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorTufts Universityen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionCentral Asia
cg.coverage.regionMiddle East
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierDEREK HEADEY: 0000-0003-2476-5131
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101762en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (ARENA)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Feed the Future
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0306-9192en
cg.issueOctober 2019en
cg.journalFood Policyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume88en
dc.contributor.authorChoudhury, Samiraen
dc.contributor.authorHeadey, Derek D.en
dc.contributor.authorMasters, William A.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:10:12Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:10:12Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146988
dc.titleFirst foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countriesen
dcterms.abstractDiet quality is closely linked to child growth and development, especially among infants aged 6–23 months who need to complement breastmilk with the gradual introduction of nutrient-rich solid foods. This paper links Demographic and Health Survey data on infant feeding to household and environmental factors for 76,641 children in 42 low- and middle-income countries surveyed in 2006–2013, providing novel stylized facts about diets in early childhood. Multivariate regressions examine the associations of household socioeconomic characteristics and community level indicators of climate and infrastructure with dietary diversity scores (DDS). Results show strong support for an infant-feeding version of Bennett's Law, as wealthier households introduce more diverse foods at earlier ages, with additional positive effects of parental education, local infrastructure and more temperate agro-climatic conditions. Associations with consumption of specific nutrient-dense foods are less consistent. Our findings imply that while income growth is indeed an important driver of diversification, there are strong grounds to also invest heavily in women’s education and food environments to improve diet quality, while addressing the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and food systems. These results reveal systematic patterns in how first foods vary across developing countries, pointing to new opportunities for research towards nutrition-smart policies to improve children’s diets.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChoudhury, Samira; Headey, Derek D.; and Masters, William A. 2019. First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries. Food Policy 88(October 2019): 101762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101762en
dcterms.issued2019-09-20
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6839en
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjectdietsen
dcterms.subjectmalnutritionen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectchild feedingen
dcterms.subjectinfant feedingen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectdiet qualityen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.subjectbreastfeedingen
dcterms.subjectdiversificationen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectdietary diversityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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