Consumption of Vitamin-A-Rich Foods and Vitamin A Supplementation for Children under Two Years Old in 51 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
(2021) In Nutrients 14(1).- Abstract
Vitamin A supplementation for children 6-59 months old is an important intervention that boosts immune function, especially where children do not consume enough vitamin-A-rich foods. However, the low coverage of vitamin A supplementation is a persistent problem in low- and middle-income countries. We first estimated the percentage of children 6-23 months old receiving the minimum dietary diversity, vitamin-A-rich foods, and vitamin A supplementation, and second, the difference in the percentage receiving vitamin A supplementation between children 6-23 months old and children 24-59 months old using nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys, namely, the Demographic and Health Surveys, conducted from 2010 to 2019 in 51... (More)
Vitamin A supplementation for children 6-59 months old is an important intervention that boosts immune function, especially where children do not consume enough vitamin-A-rich foods. However, the low coverage of vitamin A supplementation is a persistent problem in low- and middle-income countries. We first estimated the percentage of children 6-23 months old receiving the minimum dietary diversity, vitamin-A-rich foods, and vitamin A supplementation, and second, the difference in the percentage receiving vitamin A supplementation between children 6-23 months old and children 24-59 months old using nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys, namely, the Demographic and Health Surveys, conducted from 2010 to 2019 in 51 low- and middle-income countries. Overall, 22% (95% CI: 22, 23) of children received the minimum dietary diversity, 55% (95% CI: 54, 55) received vitamin-A-rich foods, 59% (95% CI: 58, 59) received vitamin A supplementation, and 78% (95% CI: 78, 79) received either vitamin-A-rich foods or supplementation. A wide variation across countries was observed; for example, the percentage of children that received either vitamin-A-rich foods or supplementation ranged from 53% (95% CI: 49, 57) in Guinea to 96% (95% CI: 95, 97) in Burundi. The coverage of vitamin A supplementation should be improved, especially for children 6-23 months old, in most countries, particularly where the consumption of vitamin-A-rich foods is inadequate.
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- Karlsson, Omar LU ; Kim, Rockli ; Hasman, Andreas and Subramanian, S V
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-12-31
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- vitamin A supplements, dietary diversity, vitamin-A-rich foods, child nutrition, low- and middle-income countries
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- Nutrients
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 1
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- pmid:35011064
- scopus:85122382530
- ISSN
- 2072-6643
- DOI
- 10.3390/nu14010188
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 79550eb5-8ac4-4e5b-8305-d4c557f20303
- date added to LUP
- 2022-01-19 01:51:44
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- 2024-06-16 00:07:02
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