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Ruel and Menon recently published a young child feeding index based on characteristics taken from 24-h and 7-d recalls. A strong positive association was found in 7 Latin American Demographic and Health Surveys for 12- to 36-mo-old children (1). The aim of this study was to test for associations of this index with height-for-age and linear growth in African children. Children (n = 500), aged 12–42 mo, living in a rural area of Senegal were visited in their homes in April-May, and 24-h and 7-d food recalls were conducted with their mothers. Height was measured, and measurements taken 7 mo earlier were used to compute linear growth rates. General linear models were used to adjust for potential confounders (child age and sex, maternal height, BMI, and socioeconomic status). The feeding index was not associated with either height-for-age (adjusted means: −1.01, −1.06, and −1.20 Z-scores for the 1st, 2nd, and …