The Association between Maternal Dietary Diversity and Minimum Acceptance Diet on Toddlers to Prevent Undernutrition in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Background: The MAD in children has an important role in preventing the risk of undernutrition. MAD in children is often associated withMDD in mothers because the mother's consumption pattern continues to feed the child who is born.Objectives: This systematic review aims to examine the relationship between MDD in mothers and MAD in children, and its role in undernutritionprevention.Methods: Articles were selected using the PRISMA method. Articles were obtained from Sciencedirect, Medline, and Embase in the 2017-2022 timeframe without data restrictions. The vocabulary used in the search is "Maternal Dietary Diversity" and "Minimum Acceptable Diet", and undernutrition, and only researched articles in English. Table matriculation was carried out to obtain an overview of the relationship between MDD in mothers and children's MAD in undernutritionprevention.Discussion: Research from 7 selected studies was conducted in five developing countries with high levels of food insecurity. Samples were obtained of 167 to 10,291 children aged 6-59.9 months. Six studies indicate the level of food insecurity in the area studied. Fourof the seven studies showed significant results between MDD in mothers with MAD and undernutritionin children.Conclusions: Maternal MDD has a significant role in MAD in children and can be one of the factors that influence undernutrition, especially in developing countries which are highly food insecure.