Background Diversified diet in childhood has irreplaceable role for optimal growth. However, multi-level factors related to low animal source food consumption among children were poorly understood in Ethiopia, where such evidences are needed for decision making. Objectives To investigate the magnitude and individual- and community-level predictors of animal source food (ASF) consumption among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia. Methods We utilized a cross-sectional pooled data from 2016/19 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys. A stratified two-stage cluster design was employed to select households with survey weights were applied to account for complex sample design. We fitted mixed-effects logit regression models on 4,423 children nested within 645 clusters. The fixed effect models were fitted and expressed as adjusted odds ratio with their 95% confidence intervals and measures of variation were explained by intra-class correlation coefficients, median odds ratio and proportional change in variance. The deviance information criterion and Akaike information Criterion were used as model fitness criteria. Result in Ethiopia, only 22.7% (20.5%-23.9%) of children aged 6–23 months consumed ASF. Younger children aged 6–8 months (AOR = 3.1; 95%CI: 2.4–4.1), home delivered children (AOR = 1.8; 1.4–2.3), from low socioeconomic class (AOR = 2.43; 1.7–3.5); low educational level of mothers (AOR = 1.9; 95%CI: 1.48–2.45) and children from multiple risk pregnancy were significant predictors of low animal source consumption at individual level. While children from high community poverty level (AOR = 1.53; 1.2–1.95); rural residence (AOR = 2.2; 95%CI: 1.7–2.8) and pastoralist areas (AOR = 5.4; 3.4–8.5) significantly predict animal source food consumption at community level. About 38% of the variation of ASF consumption is explained by the combined predictors at the individual and community-level while 17.8% of the variation is attributed to differences between clusters. Conclusions This study illustrates that the current ASF consumption among children is poor and a multiple interacting individual- and community level factors determine ASF consumption. In designing and implementing nutritional interventions addressing diversified diet consumption shall give a due consideration and account for these potential predictors of ASF consumption.
BackgroundAdolescence is a life spanning the age range of 10-19 years characterized by remarkable physical and psychological growth and development. One-third of adult weight and more than one-fifth of adult height is gained during this period of life. This make adolescents the key population group highly vulnerable to malnutrition. This study was aimed to assess the level of undernutrition among school adolescents in Wonago district, Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia.MethodsA school based cross sectional study was conducted among 443 randomly selected school adolescents of Wonago district. Nutritional status of adolescents was assessed using body mass index for age z-score (BAZ) and height for age z-score. Descriptively, prevalence of thinness and other anthropometric measurements, socio-economic and socio-demographic variables were described. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted to assess the factors associated with adolescents’ undernutrition (thinness).ResultsThe finding revealed that, 11.6% of the adolescents were undernourished (thin). The likelihood of being undernourished was decreased by 70% for female adolescents, and adolescents whom the source of drinking water was spring were four times at higher risk of malnutrition. The likelihood of being undernourished was decreased by about 85% for adolescents from households with medium wealth status. Adolescents from families achieving food needed for daily consumption through purchasing and adolescents whose the occupation of their father was merchant were also found to have a higher risk of being undernourished. For adolescents whose the occupation of their mother was farmer, the probability of being undernourished was decreased by about 85%.ConclusionsSignificant number of adolescents in this study were found to be malnourished. Sex of the adolescents, parent occupation, household wealth, source of drinking water and source of family food need were significantly associated with the adolescents’ nutritional status.
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