@article{fdi:010080647,
  title = {{A}dherence to child feeding practices and child growth : a retrospective cohort analysis in {C}ambodia},
  author = {{S}om, {S}. {V}. and van der {H}oeven, {M}. and {L}aillou, {A}. and {P}oirot, {E}. and {C}han, {T}. and {P}olman, {K}. and {P}once, {M}. {C}. and {W}ieringa, {F}ranck},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}ppropriate feeding in the first 1000 days of a child's life is critical for their health and growth. {W}e determined associations between adherence to age-appropriate feeding practices and child growth in {C}ambodia. {C}hildren (n = 1079) were included in the first follow-up ({FU}) data analyses and followed for 30 months (six {FU}s). {D}ata were analyzed by generalized linear mixed-effect models. {C}hildren who adhered to feeding practices on at least three {FU}s, with an adequate minimal dietary diversity ({MDD}), a minimal acceptable diet ({MAD}), and age-appropriate daily feeding ({ADF}) were less stunted (14.8%, 12.3%, and 6.4%, respectively) than children who never adhered to these indicators (25.2%, 30.1%, and 24.8%, respectively). {A} higher adherence to {MDD} and {ADF} was associated with a higher height-for-age {Z}-score ({HAZ}) (beta: 0.13, 95% {CI}: 0.01-0.25 and beta: 0.36, 95% {CI}: 0.22-0.50), while a higher adherence to the {MDD} and {MAD} was associated with a higher weight-for-height {Z}-score ({WHZ}) (beta: 0.19, 95% {CI}: 0.08-0.30; and beta: 0.16, 95% {CI}: 0.05-0.27). {A} higher adherence to a minimum meal frequency ({MMF}) was associated with a lower {HAZ} (beta: -0.99, 95% {CI}: -1.28--0.70). {O}ur findings showed that to reduce wasting and stunting in {C}ambodia, interventions should focus on improving both the quality and quantity of food intake of children under two while targeting the whole complementary feeding period.},
  keywords = {early child growth ; feeding practices ; stunting ; wasting ; concurrent ; wasting and stunting ; longitudinal study ; {C}ambodia ; {CAMBODGE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}utrients},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {137 [16 p.]},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.3390/nu13010137},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080647},
}