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Within each livelihood group, the nutrient potential of age-group-specific <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic>. consolidated CFR across the three age groups was tested.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980016003116_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Three food-insecure counties in northern Kenya; namely, settled communities from Isiolo (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 300), pastoralist communities from Marsabit (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 283) and agro-pastoralist communities from Turkana (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 299).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980016003116_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>Breast-fed IYC aged 6\u201323 months (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> 882).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980016003116_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Age-specific CFR could achieve adequacy for seven to nine of eleven modelled micronutrients, except among 12\u201323-month-old children in agro-pastoralist communities. Contribution of Fe, Zn and niacin remained low for most groups, and thiamin, vitamin B<jats:sub>6<\/jats:sub> and folate for some groups. Age-group-consolidated CFR could not reach the same level of nutrient adequacy as age-specific sets among the settled and pastoralist communities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980016003116_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Context- and age-specific CFR could ensure adequate levels of more modelled nutrients among settled and pastoralist IYC than among agro-pastoralist communities where use of nutrient-dense foods was limited. Adequacy of all eleven modelled micronutrients was not achievable and additional approaches to ensure adequate diets are required. Consolidated messages should be easier to implement as part of a behaviour change strategy; however, they would likely not achieve the same improvements in population-level dietary adequacy as age-specific CFR.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980016003116","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,5]],"date-time":"2016-12-05T05:50:13Z","timestamp":1480917013000},"page":"971-983","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Context-specific complementary feeding recommendations developed using Optifood could improve the diets of breast-fed infants and young children from diverse livelihood groups in northern Kenya"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Marieke","family":"Vossenaar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frances A","family":"Knight","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alison","family":"Tumilowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christine","family":"Hotz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Chege","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elaine L","family":"Ferguson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980016003116_ref5","volume-title":"Is Settling Good for Pastoralists? 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