ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutrition and Sustainable Diets
Links between household food consumption and nutritional status of children aged 6–59 months: a case study in Burkina Faso
Provisionally accepted
Jean Serge Rodrigue KOUAME1,2*
Ella COMPAORE2
Sonia BLANEY3
Estelle A. BAMBARA4Issaka A. OUEDRAOGO5Hamidou SIDIBE6
Mamoudou H. DICKO2- 1Laboratoire de Biochimie, Biotechnologie, Technologie Alimentaire et Nutrition, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- 2Universite Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- 3Universite Laval, Québec City, Canada
- 4Nutrition Directorate, Ministry of Health, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- 5Agricultural and Food Statistics Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- 6DAVYCAS International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Food insecurity is a major challenge in many developing countries and may impede the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2). Nearly 15% of Burkina Faso’s population, are facing food insecurity. In 2021, 21.6% of children under the age of five (U5) were stunted. This rate remains high. The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) and socio-demographic, economic, and households’ dietary factors among U5 children in the Sanguié Province in Burkina Faso. The method used is based on a quantitative cross-sectional study using primary data on food and nutritional security for 237 children under the age of 5 from 150 households. Data analysis was carried out sequentially: a first univariate descriptive stage was used to characterize the variables studied with a prevalence of MAG (11.4% [7.35 – 15.44]), which is higher than the 10% alert threshold set by the WHO; this stage is followed by a bivariate analysis to explore their associations. Finally, a multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) was carried out to identify the independent factors associated with acute malnutrition because of its ability to study complex relationships between variables and to represent their structure in the form of factorial spaces. Findings indicate that malnutrition is associated with high household food expenditure; medium dietary diversity, a medium/high demographic dependency ratio; the absence of toilets and food reserves that cover less than six months. These findings highlight the need, strengthen food security by fostering household economic development and ensure optimal access to improved sanitation.
Keywords: Global acute malnutrition, Food security, multiple correspondence analysis, Sanguié Province, Burkina Faso
Received: 31 Aug 2025; Accepted: 30 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 KOUAME, COMPAORE, BLANEY, BAMBARA, OUEDRAOGO, SIDIBE and H. DICKO. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Jean Serge Rodrigue KOUAME, kouame.jeansergerodrigue@gmail.com
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