Keyata Ebisa Olika, Daselegn Abebe, Oljira Alemayehu
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Wollega University, P.O. Box 38, Shambu, Ethiopia.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Wollega University, Shambu, Ethiopia.
BMC Nutr. 2022 Jul 29;8(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s40795-022-00569-w.
Preschool children are the most vulnerable group because of their high nutritional needs for growth and development. The study assessed dietary diversity scores and associated factors among preschool children in selected kindergarten schools of Horo Guduru Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia.
The institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted on a total 440 of preschool children. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information on the dietary diversity score of preschool children using a 24 h dietary recall method. Binary logistic regression was used to identify variables associated with dietary diversity scores of preschool children.
The result showed that the majority (87.3%) of preschool children in the selected kindergarten school practiced a low dietary diversity score (less than four food groups). The result obtained from multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that the age of preschool children [AOR 9.58(2.26-40.60)], sex of child [AOR 3.21(1.71-5.99)], and work of mother [AOR 7.49(2.33-24.07)] were significantly (p < 0.05 associated) with dietary diversity of children.
The findings indicated that many preschool children in the study area did not get a minimum dietary diversity score. Therefore, health extension workers must organize community-based behavior change nutritional education for mothers or caregivers to create awareness of preschool child dietary diversity practices.
学龄前儿童因其生长发育对营养的高需求而成为最脆弱的群体。本研究评估了埃塞俄比亚西部霍罗古杜鲁沃莱加区选定幼儿园学龄前儿童的饮食多样性得分及相关因素。
采用基于机构的横断面研究设计，对总共440名学龄前儿童进行研究。使用半结构化问卷，通过24小时饮食回顾法收集学龄前儿童饮食多样性得分的信息。采用二元逻辑回归确定与学龄前儿童饮食多样性得分相关的变量。
结果显示，所选幼儿园中大多数（87.3%）学龄前儿童的饮食多样性得分较低（少于四个食物组）。多因素逻辑回归分析结果表明，学龄前儿童的年龄[AOR 9.58(2.26 - 40.60)]、儿童性别[AOR 3.21(1.71 - 5.99)]和母亲的工作[AOR 7.49(2.33 - 24.07)]与儿童的饮食多样性显著相关（p < 0.05）。
研究结果表明，研究区域内许多学龄前儿童未达到最低饮食多样性得分。因此，健康推广工作者必须为母亲或照顾者组织基于社区的行为改变营养教育，以提高对学龄前儿童饮食多样性做法的认识。
