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A review of the dietary diversity and micronutrient adequacy among the women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Changing maternal and child nutrition practices through integrating social and behavior change interventions in community-based self-help and support groups: literature review from Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Diet Diversity Is Associated with Prepregnancy Body Mass Index but Not the Pregnancy Third-Trimester Gut Microbiota.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- PGPR-induced regulation of Zn and Fe transporters in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) uncovered through integrated genome-wide analysis and functional validation.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
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- Dietary Clusters and Mortality Risk in a Chinese Population: The Role of Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Menstruation Is Associated with Dietary Diversity among Adolescent Girls: The Role of Social Eating Norms and Menstruation-Related Norms from a Mixed-Methods Study in Bangladesh.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Optimisation of Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy: Interactions Between Bioactive Compounds, Their Impact on Health, and Regulatory Considerations.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Dietary diversity among reproductive aged women attending urban and rural healthcare facilities, Middle Delta, Egypt.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Drivers and nutritional losses associated with post-harvest loss of fruits and vegetables in Ghana: a cross-sector analysis.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Predicting risk of inadequate micronutrient intake with transferable machine learning models.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence and its associated factors of inadequate dietary diversity among pregnant women attending antenatal care in selected public health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Food consumption patterns and nutrient adequacy across lifecycle stages in Bangladesh.PloS one · 2026Article
- The Role of Diet in Women of Childbearing Age: Current Evidence Supporting Nutritional Recommendations.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Food Consumption Among the Adult Men and Women of Bangladesh and Its Adherence to National Food-Based Dietary Guidelines.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation and Childhood Metabolic Health: Analyzing Direct and Indirect Effects.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Bangladesh Healthy Eating Index (BD-HEI).BMC nutrition · 2025Article
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- Dietary diversity and nutrient adequacy among women in Bosomtwe District, Ghana.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- How Anaemia Perceptions Shape Dietary Diversity Practice in Pregnancy: A Health Belief Model Study in Tanzania.The East African health research journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
The dietary quality of women of reproductive age (WRA) is particularly important during preconception, conception, and pregnancy for themselves and their offspring. Poorly diversified diets resulting in inadequate micronutrient consumption may have adverse effects on their health. This narrative review summarizes the findings of studies reporting on dietary diversity and micronutrient intake by WRA in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Studies on WRA aged 15-49 years in LMICs, with a sample size of more than 150, report dietary diversity and multiple micronutrient intake based on 24-h dietary recall/food weighed record/food frequency questionnaire, and published between January 2011 and June 2021 were included. The results were compared to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recommended cut-off for dietary diversity and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recommended age- and sex-specific estimated average requirements (EARs) for micronutrient intake. This review includes 35 articles, of which 21 focused on dietary diversity and 14 on micronutrient intake. The results showed that WRA in LMICs had inadequate dietary diversity, with mean food group consumption of only 3.0-4.84, and around 42.3%-90% of women consumed inadequately diversified diets (<5 food groups). Additionally, most studies found that WRA did not consume adequate amounts of essential micronutrients, particularly calcium, iron, zinc, vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, folate, and vitamin B
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