Pregnant Mothers Diversified Dietary Intake and Associated Factors in Southwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Background. Dietary diversity is very critical for fetal growth and development, as well as for the health and wellbeing of the mother. In Ethiopia, 41% of pregnant mothers consume diversified diets. There has been no study assessing whether pregnant women in southwest Ethiopia consume a varied diet. Objective. To estimate the proportion of adequate diversified dietary intake and to determine whether there is an association between diversified dietary intake and mothers’ social capital. Design. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 367 pregnant women in South West Ethiopia. A 24-hour multiple-pass dietary recall method was used to measure dietary intake and the 10 food groups of FANTA/FAO 2016 were used to analyze dietary diversity. Social capital was assessed based on the number of social networks in which a mother participated. Result. The proportion of diversified dietary intake was 14.7% (95% CI: 11.1, 18.3). Pregnant mothers who had social capital, had their own income, had emotional support from their husbands, were from a rich family, and had a frequent dietary intake were statistically associated with a diversified dietary intake, with an AOR of 7.8 (95% CI 1.02, 2.3 (95% CI 1.12, 4.44), 4.0, (95% CI 1.16, 13.7), 59.19), 2.3 (95% CI 1.04, 5.26), and 1.5 (95% CI 1.04, 2.07), respectively. Conclusion. Diversified dietary intake was found to be lower than previously reported, and it was associated with social capital. Methodologically rigorous studies are required to verify the association between social capital and adequate diversified dietary intake.

Inadequate dietary diversity practices and associated factors among pregnant adolescents in the West Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

“…Considering a single population proportion formula, the sample size was determined with the assumption of a proportion (p) of good diet diversity practice among pregnant individuals in Southwest Ethiopia, which was 14.7% 29 . 95% confidence level (Z α/2) and 0.05 expected margin of error (d).…”

“…Similar research in Sudan indicated that superior habits in terms of food selection and dietary diversity scores were demonstrated by greater knowledge 28 . Numerous studies have been conducted on dietary practices and their determinants among pregnant women in Ethiopia 29 – 32 , but there is a gap in the evidence concerning these practices among pregnant adolescents. Pregnant adolescents continue to constitute an underserved population; therefore, this study sought to close this gap by examining dietary practices and associated factors among pregnant adolescents in the West Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia.…”

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“…Por ejemplo, Malon et al (2010) 135 y Roos et al (1998)136 encontraron que las mujeres que cuentan con pareja tienen más probabilidades de adherirse a un patrón de alimentación saludable, comparadas con las solteras. Tariku & Baye(2022) encontraron que la diversidad en la ingesta de alimentos durante el embarazo se asocia con tener empleo remunerado y apoyo emocional del esposo 137. Kiboi et al (2017), también observaron que el contar con un salario propio se relaciona con mayor probabilidad de tener una dieta más diversa durante el embarazo.…”