THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING INDICATORS AND LINEAR CHILD GROWTH AND THE DETERMINANTS OF INAPPROPRIATE FEEDING PRACTICES

2 Introduction 4 Study objectives 5 Methodology 6 Study design and data collection 6 Assessment of complementary feeding indicators 6 Assessment of anthropometric measurements (linear child growth) 8 Association between complementary feeding indicators and linear child growth 8 Explanatory variables of inappropriate complementary feeding practices 9 Statistical analysis 9 Results 11 Baseline characteristics of the population 11 Complementary feeding indicators 14 Consumption of different food groups 16 Association between complementary feeding indicators and HAZ-scores / stunting 17 Most important determinants for inappropriate complementary feeding practices 17 Discussion 20 References 24 Appendix 26 Appendix I: Dataset construction 27 Appendix II: Missing value analysis 28 Appendix III: Formulas for WHO indicators 31 Appendix IV: Dietary diversity score (DDS-7) 33 Appendix V: Codebook for RDHS 2010 variables 34 Appendix VI: Results 43 Appendix VII: Protocol dose-to-mother doubly labeled water method 62 Appendix VIII: Patient Information Folder (PIF) of the BRINTA study 88