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Dietary diversity and children anthropometric outcomes: a quantile regression analysis

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  • Anjali Purushotham
  • Nitya Mittal
  • B.C. Ashwini
  • K.B. Umesh
  • Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
  • Sebastian Vollmer

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This study investigates the relationship between dietary diversity, a measure of diet quality, and health outcomes of young children. We examine this relationship not just at the mean, but also at different points of the conditional distributions of weight-for-age (WAZ) and height-for-age (HAZ) z-scores for children below six years of age, using quantile regression method. We construct five different dietary diversity measures using 14-day recall food consumption data collected in a primary survey conducted in in the rural-urban interface of Bangalore. Our results indicate no significant association between household dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes of children below 6 years of age for any of the five measures.

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  • Anjali Purushotham & Nitya Mittal & B.C. Ashwini & K.B. Umesh & Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel & Sebastian Vollmer, 2018. "Dietary diversity and children anthropometric outcomes: a quantile regression analysis," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 259, Courant Research Centre PEG.
    • Handle: RePEc:got:gotcrc:259
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