<![CDATA[Poor complementary feeding practices can lead to malnutrition in infants and young children. Minimum dietary diversity (MDD) is one of the determinants of children’s nutritional status and has been found to predict stunting. This study examined factors associated with MDD achievement among breastfed children aged 6-23 months based on Indonesia’s Demographic and Health Survey 2017. This study used chi-square and multiple logistic regression to analyze the data. Among 2,976 children only around 53% children met MDD recommendation. Multivariate analysis found that the diversity of diet is better among older children than younger children. Children aged 18-23 months have possibility of 5.7 times higher to achieve MDD than children aged 6-11 months and 1.3 times higher than children aged 12-17 months. Children of wealthier family (3rd quintile and above), those delivered by trained health personnel, children of higher mothers’ education, working mothers, fathers’ involve in child care, ANC visit >= 4 times, and parents reside in urban areas have possibility of having higher MDD achievement significantly than the other groups. The low MDD achievement among children aged 6-11 months warrant the importance of prioritizing effort on this age group because this is a period where a child grows rapidly and potentially expose to infection as a result of un-hygienic food preparation, and will affect the child’s growth later on.]]>
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