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Developing
and Validating Simple Indicators of Dietary Quality and Energy Intake of Infants
and Young Children in Developing Countries: Summary of Findings from Analysis
of 10 Data Sets (2006)
FANTA carried out a multi-stage initiative to develop a set of indicators to assess infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices and to monitor and evaluate progress on improving IYCF practices worldwide. FANTA has worked with IFPRI, University of California at Davis, the World Health Organization, and collaborating researchers from several developing countries to develop and validate indicators of feeding practices, specifically related to the frequency of feeding and nutrient density of complementary foods, for infants and young children 6–23 months in developing countries.
Two main research questions addressed were:
- 1. How well does dietary diversity (sum of foods/food groups) predict dietary quality in different populations with
varying dietary patterns?
- 2. How well does the frequency of feeding of foods and nutritive liquids
other than breast milk predict energy intake in different populations with varying
dietary patterns?
The report documents the main findings of this collaborative research activity.
