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title: "Proportion of children 6-23 months of age who receive a minimum acceptable diet (MAD)"
slug: "proportion-of-children-6-23-months-of-age-who-receive-a-minimum-acceptable-diet-mad"
updated: 2025-07-17T12:11:54Z
published: 2025-07-17T12:11:54Z
canonical: "vamresources.manuals.wfp.org/proportion-of-children-6-23-months-of-age-who-receive-a-minimum-acceptable-diet-mad"
---

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# Proportion of children 6-23 months of age who receive a minimum acceptable diet (MAD)

**Indicator:**

10. Proportion of children 6-23 months of age who receive a minimum acceptable diet.

**Description:**

WFP guidance on the use of MAD to monitor the likelihood of adequate macro and micronutrient intake among children aged 6 to 23 months.

[https://newgo.wfp.org/documents/minimum-acceptable-diet-mad-guidance-document](https://newgo.wfp.org/documents/minimum-acceptable-diet-mad-guidance-document)

**Data Collection tool:**

The electronic version of the questions for this indicator can be found in [Survey Designer](https://www.surveydesigner.vam.wfp.org/) by selecting the Minimum Acceptable Diet (MAD) sub-module in the Nutrition module or by selecting the indicator Proportion of children 6-23 months of age who receive a minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in the indicator area Nutrition.

**Indicator calculation:**

Scripts in [R, STATA and SPSS](https://github.com/WFP-VAM/RAMResourcesScripts/tree/main/Indicators/Nutrition-MAD) and [sample data](https://github.com/WFP-VAM/RAMResourcesScripts/tree/main/Static/Nut_MAD_Sample_Survey) are available on [github](https://github.com/WFP-VAM/RAMResourcesScripts) for calculating this indicator.

**For more information:**

consult [CRF indicator description sheet](https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000146866/download/) or please contact [hq.ramm@wfp.org](mailto:hq.ramm@wfp.org)