Yunhee Kang|Kristen Hurley|Julie Ruel?Bergeron|Assumpta Bou Monclus|Rachel Oemcke|Lee Wu|Madhumi Mitra|John Phuka|Rolf Klemm|Keith P. West|Parul Christian
Household food insecurity is associated with low dietary diversity among pregnant and lactating women in rural Malawi
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|University of Malawi|Johns Hopkins University|Helen Keller International|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
examine association household food insecurity dietary diversity past 24h dietary diversity score dds range 09 minimum dietary diversity mdd consumption three food groups consumption nine separate food groups among pregnant lactating women rural malawicrosssectional studytwo rural districts central malawipregnant n 589 lactating n 641 womenof surveyed pregnant lactating women 667 686 respectively experienced moderate severe food insecurity 324 281 respectively met mdd compared foodsecure pregnant women reported severe food insecurity 036 lower dds plt005 threefold higher risk 95 ci consuming meatfish 319 ci 168 603 risk consuming eggs 377 104 137 higher among moderately foodinsecure pregnant women compared foodsecure lactating women reported mild moderate severe food insecurity showed 036 044 062 lower dds respectively plt005 risk achieving mdd higher among moderately 195 106 359 severely 282 153 522 foodinsecure lactating women risk consuming meatfish eggs increased doseresponse manner among lactating women experiencing mild 175 101 303 281 109 725 moderate 266 147 482 375 140 100 severe 533 263 108 347 119 101 food insecurityaddressing food insecurity pregnancy needs considered designing nutrition programmes aiming increase dietary diversity rural malawi