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Factors associated with inappropriate complementary feeding practices among children aged 6-23 months in Tanzania

Rose Victor1, Surinder K Baines, Kingsley E Agho

  • 1School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.

Maternal & Child Nutrition
|August 29, 2012
PubMed

Insights

In Tanzania, many young children face undernutrition due to poor complementary feeding practices. Interventions are needed to improve dietary diversity and meal frequency for better child nutrition.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Nutrition Science
  • Pediatrics

Background:

  • Inappropriate complementary feeding is a significant cause of undernutrition in young children in Tanzania.
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed new indicators to assess complementary feeding practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the prevalence of WHO complementary feeding indicators.
  • To identify factors associated with inappropriate complementary feeding practices among Tanzanian children aged 6-23 months.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the 2010 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS).
  • Analyzed data from 2402 children aged 6-23 months using a multistage cluster sample of 10,300 households.
  • Employed multivariate analyses to identify risk factors.

Main Results:

  • 92.3% of infants aged 6-8 months received soft, semi-solid, or solid foods.
  • Prevalence of minimum dietary diversity, meal frequency, and acceptable diet were 38.2%, 38.6%, and 15.9%, respectively.
  • Risk factors included young child's age (6-11 months), lower parental education, limited media access, no post-natal check-ups, and poor economic status.

Conclusions:

  • Complementary feeding practices in Tanzania, measured by dietary diversity, meal frequency, and acceptable diet, are inadequate.
  • Urgent interventions are necessary to improve complementary feeding and the nutritional status of young children.
  • Addressing socioeconomic and educational factors is crucial for improving child nutrition outcomes.

Keywords:
Tanzaniaacceptable dietcomplementary feedingdiet diversitymeal frequency

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