Question

What is dietary diversity?

(i) A WHO standard composite of two indicators.
(ii) A chart of whether the child ate foods from four of seven food groups in the past day. (iii)How often was the child fed in a day?
(iv)The amount of food items that a child needs to take for proper growth.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The minimum dietary diversity (MDD) score for children 6-23 months old is a population-level indicator designed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess diet diversity as part of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices among children 6-23 months old. This indicator is one of eight IYCF indicators developed by the WHO to provide simple, valid, and reliable metrics for assessing IYCF practices at the population level (WHO, 2008 ). The other seven indicators are: early initiation of breastfeeding; exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months; continued breastfeeding at 1 year; introduction of solid, semi-solid, or soft foods; minimum acceptable diet; minimum meal frequency; and consumption of iron-rich or iron-fortified foods. The MDD is also a component of the Minimum Acceptable Diet (MAD) indicator, which is a composite indicator.

Answer 2

Answer:

Dietary Diversity is defined as the number of different foods or food groups consumed over a given reference period. Dietary Variety, a term often used in the literature, is considered here to be synonymous with dietary diversity