Table 8. Significant (p<0.05) predictors of healthy plant-based food groups (grams) 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	Grains				Roots/ tubers				Legumes/nuts
	Mother		Child		Mother		Child		Mother		Child
	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy	Dry	Rainy
Mother-child dyad
Overweight mother, normal weight child (vs. both overweight)
Accessibility
Minutes to nearest food market/shop
Affordability
HFIAS score
Desirability
Taste preference: grains
Taste preference: legumes
Purchase special foods for children
Preferred body size of mother: normal weight (vs. underweight)
Preferred body size of mother: overweight (vs. underweight)
Preferred body size of mother: obese (vs. underweight)
Perceived healthy body size of child: overweight (vs. underweight)
Perceived healthy body size of child: obese (vs. underweight)
Other factors
Age of child
Mother diarrhea in last 2 weeks

Black is inversely associated, grey is positively associated.