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    Dietary Diversity and Nutritional Status of Under- Five Children in Oluyole Local Government, Ibadan, Oyo State
    (Lead City University, 2023-12) Taiwo Peace MAJOLAGBE
    This study aimed to investigate relationship between dietary diversity and nutritional status among under-five children in Oluyole Local Government. A community-based cross-sectional study design was used in this study. A cluster sampling technique was used to select 400 mothers that are having under-five children. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20 and Anthro software from WHO was used to analyze the anthropometry data. A regression model was carried out at the multivariate level σ0.05). Findings from this study shows that the mean age of the mothers was 32.15±7.498, mean age of the children is 28.77±14.765, and mean weight at birth is 3.262±0.758. About 83% of the respondents have good knowledge of dietary diversity. 83.35% of the children cover 4 minimum dietary requirements required per day out of 7 by WHO for 24-59months and 52% of 6-23months children covers 5 minimum dietary requirement required per day out of 8. 33.5% has severe wasting. The result shows that 47.3% children are mildly stunted. Conclusively, enhancing the holistic quality of complimentary foods through the addition of a variety of food groups may be necessary to improve the quality of child nutritional status, rather than prolonged breastfeeding itself. It is therefore recommended that Adoption of food timetable or food consumption measurement should be encouraged at the wards selected for this study with proper training on how foods are selected. Keywords – Holistic, Dietary Diversity, Wasted, Stunted Word Count – 227