Table 2 Meal frequency, food group consumption and DDS across children’s ages

Minimum meal frequency (%)

Kenya

74.86

67.74

65.39

64.15

67.31

Uganda^*

55.77

33.87

42.91

30.43

39.59

Tanzania^*

63.33

25.40

31.46

28.38

34.83

Cereals and tubers (%)

Kenya^*

55.26

75.83

76.69

79.93

73.40

Uganda^*

65.04

88.56

89.75

88.45

84.78

Tanzania^*

83.29

92.82

93.06

94.47

91.84

VAFVs (%)

Kenya^*

31.64

50.03

41.46

47.48

42.88

Uganda

13.48

18.47

18.02

25.71

19.99

Tanzania^*

22.59

32.33

33.04

37.38

32.55

OFVs (%)

Kenya^*

46.40

62.05

73.05

75.57

66.83

Uganda^*

28.59

51.32

56.73

51.33

49.05

Tanzania^*

44.08

62.18

67.84

65.90

62.25

Dairy (%)

Kenya

58.99

66.93

58.18

52.50

57.96

Uganda

26.74

33.76

24.93

29.51

28.27

Tanzania

25.99

30.55

31.40

31.36

30.34

Legumes (%)

Kenya^*

15.19

28.52

29.26

33.62

27.79

Uganda^*

40.14

65.43

57.54

58.04

55.95

Tanzania^*

28.17

36.76

41.83

42.83

38.97

MFPEs (%)

Kenya^*

13.39

18.65

29.47

34.58

26.19

Uganda^*

22.84

40.05

32.80

39.71

34.65

Tanzania^*

22.59

33.59

40.79

44.15

37.54

DDS < 1 (%)

Kenya^*

14.66

4.76

5.26

7.62

7.77

Uganda^*

15.03

1.51

4.69

7.39

6.93

Tanzania^*

11.15

1.93

2.39

3.11

4.01

DDS ≥ 4 (%)

Kenya^*

22.52

39.22

39.50

48.63

39.06

Uganda^*

15.45

32.09

28.73

36.00

29.50

Tanzania^*

18.02

30.81

34.84

38.80

32.58