Table 7. Significant (p<0.05) predictors of caloric and macronutrient intake during the dry and rainy seasons in Malawi, from multivariate models adjusted for all predictors significant (p<0.10) in univariate models.

Driver of food consumption	Total calories				Percent calories from carbohydrate				Percent calories from fat				Percent calories from protein
	Mother		Child		Mother		Child		Mother		Child		Mother		Child
	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy
Mother-child dyad
Overweight mother, normal weight child (vs. both overweight)
Accessibility
Rural (vs. urban)
Minutes to nearest food market/shop
Affordability
Drinking water from well (vs. piped)
Ventilated pit latrine (vs. flush toilet)
Pit latrine with roof (vs. flush toilet)
Traditional pit latrine (vs. flush toilet)
Number of household assets
HFIAS score
Amount spent on special foods for children
Desirability
Taste preference: grains
Taste preference: legumes
Taste preference: fruit
Taste preference: dairy
Taste preference: sweets
Purchase special foods for children
Other factors
Age of child
Female sex of child (vs. male)
Household size
Mother cough in last 2 weeks

Black is inversely associated, grey is positively associated.