Abstract:
Background: Poor diet quality is a major cause of the global burden of disease. Poor diet quality and intake cause 45% of child deaths. Today, there is a lot of study on the nutritional status of the children, but less concern is given to the diet quality of the children aged 6–23 months, so the child nutritional problem is still a major public health problem.
Objective: The study aimed to assess diet quality and associated factors among children aged 6-23 month in Debark Zuriya district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023.
Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 28 to April 28, 2023 in debark zuriya district. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 634 mothers‟ having6-23 month‟s age children. The desired samples/households were recruited by using a systematic random sampling technique. A structured interview administered questionnaire was used to collect the required data. The data was entered in to Epi-Data software and exported to STATA version 17 software for further analysis. Variables that was significant at p<0.25 in the Bivariable analysis was enter for further multivariable analysis p-value of less than 0.05 in the multivariable analysis was considered significant.
Result: Only 20.5% (95% CI: 17.43-23.86) children received good diet quality. Age of the child (AOR: 1.80 (95% CI: 1.1–2.4), maternal education (AOR: 1.81 (95% CI: 1.1–2.7), and presence of a home garden (AOR: 95% CI: 2.5–4.3) were factors significantly associated with having a good-quality diet.
Conclusions: Diet quality among children‟s age 6-23 month in Debark district was poor. In multivariable analysis, child age, maternal education and presence of home garden were significantly associated with diet quality.
