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. 2022 Feb 14;14(4):789.
doi: 10.3390/nu14040789.

Food Security, Dietary Diversity, Dietary Patterns and the Double Burden of Malnutrition among School-Aged Children and Adolescents in Two Nigerian States

Adeleye Abiodun Adeomi  1   2 , Adesegun Fatusi  1   3 , Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch  2   4
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Food Security, Dietary Diversity, Dietary Patterns and the Double Burden of Malnutrition among School-Aged Children and Adolescents in Two Nigerian States

Adeleye Abiodun Adeomi et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Background: Little evidence exists on the relationship between diet-related factors and child/adolescent malnutrition in Nigeria. This study aimed to assess the associations between household food insecurity (HFI), dietary diversity (DD), and dietary patterns (DP) with the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) among 6-19-year-olds in two Nigerian States.

Methods: This community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 1200 respondents (6-19 years in age) in the Gombe and Osun States of Nigeria. HFI was assessed using the HFI access scale. DD was assessed using a 24-h dietary recall. DP were determined by principal component analysis using a 30-day food frequency questionnaire. DP scores were categorized into quartiles (Q) for statistical analysis. Diet-related predictors of DBM were assessed using logistic regression.

Results: HFI was experienced by 568 (47.3%) respondents. The median DD score was 7.0 (maximum of 14). Two DPs were identified, diversified DP (DDP) and traditional DP (TDP). TDP was significantly associated with both thinness (Q4:OR: 2.91; 95% CI: 1.52-5.55; Ptrend: 0.002) and overweight/obesity (Q4:OR: 2.50; 95% CI: 1.43-4.35; Ptrend: 0.007), while DDP was inversely related with thinness (Q4:OR: 0.36; 95% CI: 0.21-0.61; Ptrend: 0.008) as compared to Q1.

Conclusions: TDP increased the odds for DBM, while the DDP reduced the odds.

Keywords: adolescents; dietary diversity; dietary patterns; double burden of malnutrition; household food insecurity; over-nutrition; school-aged children; sub-Sahara Africa; under-nutrition.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Radar chart showing the two dietary patterns, the 15 food groups and their factor loadings among school-aged children and adolescents in two States in Nigeria.
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