Minimum Dietary Diversity Questionnaire

The household dietary diversity questionnaire represents a rapid user friendly and easily administered low cost assessment tool.

Minimum dietary diversity questionnaire. Reached minimum dietary diversity. Dietary diversity refers to the child receiving 4 of the following food groups. 8 count the number of children whose diet consisted of at least 5 food groups i e. Early initiation of breastfeeding 33 2.

Multiply the result by 100 to convert it to percentages. Minimum dietary diversity 35 6. The mdd w is a dichotomous indicator based on 10 food groups and is considered the standard for measuring population level dietary diversity in women of reproductive age. Model questionnaires are provided for both list based and open recall methods in appendix 3 and section 3 of minimum dietary diversity for women a guide to measurement respectively.

92 percent of the respondents women reported improvement in their health and well being by. Hdds is not meant to be used in accessing dietary diversity at individual level. Suggestions for adapting the questionnaire to the survey context 24 d. Grains roots and tubers.

Dairy products milk yogurt cheese flesh foods meat fish poultry and liver organ meats eggs. The minimum dietary diversity mdd score for children 6 23 months old is a population level indicator designed by the world health organization who to assess diet diversity as part of infant and young child feeding iycf practices among children 6 23 months old. Mdd minimum dietary diversity mdd w minimum dietary diversity for women of reproductive age msg monosodium glutamate nrv nutrient reference value re retinol equivalents rae retinol activity equivalents uht ultra high temperature usaid u s. Make an initial translation of the mdd w model questionnaire into one of the main survey language s.

1 key findings minimum dietary diversity women wfp country office conducted an another round of mdd w assessment in its all six operational regions in afghanistan remotely through mvam. Instructions for calculating indicator values 32 1. The minimum dietary diversity for women mdd w is a population level indicator of diet diversity validated for women aged 15 49 years old. Agency for international development wdds women s dietary diversity score wfp world food programme.

In the surveyed provinces the ratio of plws achieving mdd w was very low with only 20 percent. Minimum dietary diversity proportion of children 6 23 9 months of age who receive foods from 4 or more food groups. Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months 34 3. 9 calculate the indicator s value by dividing the number of children whose diet consisted of at least 5 food groups by the total number of surveyed children.