Understanding Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women and Children

Explore the concept of Minimum Dietary Diversity for women and children aged 6-23 months, focusing on food group scores, indicator calculations, and the importance of consuming foods from various groups to meet nutrient needs. Learn about the key food groups, data collection methods, and the significance of maintaining a diverse diet for optimal health outcomes.

• Dietary Diversity
• Womens Health
• Child Nutrition
• Food Groups
• Nutrient Adequacy

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1. Minimum Dietary Diversity Woman,children 6-23 months and Household dietary diversity Global Dietary Diversity Indicator

2. The FAO and FANTA convened a consensus meeting in July 2014 to select a proxy indicator for Global use in assessing micro nutrient adequacy of women s diet Indicators for assessing the Infant and young child feeding practices part 3 WHO, Unicef, IFPRI,FANTA, USAID, AED, UCDAVIS

3. Minimum Dietary Diversity Woman is based on a calculation based on 10 point food group score. Women consuming foods from five or more groups have a greater likelihood of meeting their micro nutrient needs than women consuming foods from fewer groups

4. Minimum Dietary Diversity Women score calculation Percentage women receiving Minimum Dietary Diversity Women 15-45 years of age who received foods from 5 food groups during the previous day X 100 Total number of women interviewed

5. Minimum Dietary Diversity Woman Food groups Sl Food groups 1 All starchy staples 2 Beans & Peas 3 Nuts & seeds 4 Dairy 5 Flesh foods 6 Eggs 7 Vitamin A rich dark green leafy vegetables 8 Other Vitamin A rich vegetables and fruits 9 Other vegetables 10 Other fruits

6. Minimum Dietary Diversity Woman is percentage of women consuming at least 5 food groups out of 10 groups Data collection on the basis of 24- hour recall Indicators are strongest when consumption of trivial amounts (<10g) of a food did not count in Dietary Diversity score. Response is collected from the target sample : Women 15 49 years of age

7. Minimum Dietary diversity Children 6m to 23 months Proportion of children who receive at least 4 food groups out of 7 groups Children 6 23 months of age who received foods from 4 food groups during the previous day Children 6 23 months of age Sample universe for this indicator is the last born child 6-23 months of age living with mother

8. 7 food groups 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Grains, Roots Tubers Legumes , Nuts Dairy products (milk, yogurt, Cheese) Flesh food ( meat, fish, Poultry, liver /organ) Eggs Vitamin A rich fruits & vegetables Other fruits and vegetables

9. Household Dietary diversity HH who received foods from 6 food groups during the previous day X 100 Total number of HH interviewed HDDS= 3 groups low, 4-5 groups medium, 6 groups high

10. Minimum Dietary Diversity Woman; Data collection format Yes-1 No-0 sl Food groups Examples Source 1 Cereals 2 White roots, tubers 3 Vitamin A rich vegetables and tubers 4 Other vegetables 5 Vitamin A rich fruits 6 7 8 9 11 Other fruits Organ meat Flesh meat Egg Fish & Sea food 12A Beans & peas nuts & seeds 12B 13 Milk & milk products 14 15 Oil & Fats Sweets 16 Spice, condiments & beverages Indicator for source of food Produced-1, market -2, Borrowed -3, donated -4, Other - 5, collected - 6

11. Methodology Data collection on the basis of 24 hour recall Indicators are strongest when consumption of trivial amounts (<10g) of a food did not count in Dietary Diversity score. Response is collected from the target sample : Women 15 49 years of age OR 6m -23m children All locally available food in each group has to be listed prior to the survey There will be seasonal variation of food so appropriate listing needs to be done MDD -W OR MDD- child cannot be done around festivals or special days. An individual may have a different score during the lean periods Survey may be segregated into intervention area & nonintervention area. Visit local shops to assess consumption of fortified food- Salt Food consumed by 50% of the family will not be considered in HH DDS

12. Sample size and timeline Target families OR All Households OR Random selection of families(10%) At least thrice a year (seasonal)