Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.2. Median number of feedings of each food in the past 7 days by infant age1, among babies who consumed each food Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Neonatal | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Breast milk | Median | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| (n) | (2,092) | (1,606) | (1,428) | (1,260) | (1,158) | (1,033) | (907) | (797) | (663) | (449) | |
| Formula | Median | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| (n) | (1,697) | (1,509) | (1,420) | (1,373) | (1,377) | (1,393) | (1,365) | (1,337) | (1,234) | (609) | |
| Water | Median | 1.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| (n) | (341) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Sugar water | Median | 0.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| (n) | (77) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Cow's milk or any other milk | Median | 4.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| (n) | (17) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Cow's milk | Median | n/a | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| (n) | n/a | (9) | (12) | (10) | (12) | (30) | (31) | (78) | (305) | (1,420) | |
| Other milk | Median | n/a | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| (n) | n/a | (8) | (7) | (8) | (10) | (11) | (20) | (33) | (46) | (130) | |
| Other dairy foods | Median | n/a | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| (n) | n/a | (15) | (16) | (30) | (45) | (139) | (308) | (682) | (1,040) | (1,450) | |
| Other soy foods | Median | n/a | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| (n) | n/a | (3) | (2) | (5) | (9) | (16) | (23) | (53) | (67) | (101) | |
| 100% fruit/ vegetable juice | Median | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| (n) | (66) | (88) | (121) | (203) | (304) | (519) | (827) | (989) | (1,057) | (1,252) | |
| Sweet drinks | Median | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| (n) | (15) | (20) | (25) | (44) | (48) | (66) | (86) | (122) | (174) | (265) | |
| Baby cereal | Median | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| (n) | (167) | (313) | (474) | (912) | (1,488) | (1,755) | (1,734) | (1,618) | (1,267) | (828) | |
| Other cereals and starches | Median | n/a | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| (n) | n/a | (26) | (30) | (66) | (158) | (390) | (827) | (1,417) | (1,550) | (1,680) | |
| Fruit | Median | n/a | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| (n) | n/a | (60) | (112) | (293) | (711) | (1,312) | (1,669) | (1,764) | (1,670) | (1,728) | |
| Vegetables | Median | n/a | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| (n) | n/a | (34) | (74) | (233) | (696) | (1,349) | (1,662) | (1,734) | (1,650) | (1,724) | |
| French fries | Median | n/a | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| (n) | n/a | (3) | (1) | (7) | (11) | (36) | (90) | (280) | (471) | (782) | |
| Meat, chicken, combination dinners | Median | n/a | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| (n) | n/a | (13) | (12) | (19) | (68) | (276) | (719) | (1,194) | (1,385) | (1,552) | |
| Fish or shellfish | Median | n/a | n/a | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| (n) | n/a | n/a | (1) | (3) | (4) | (4) | (23) | (82) | (149) | (323) | |
| Peanut butter, other peanut foods, or nuts | Median | n/a | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| (n) | n/a | (5) | (3) | (3) | (3) | (9) | (15) | (37) | (127) | (466) | |
| Eggs | Median | n/a | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| (n) | n/a | (2) | (6) | (8) | (11) | (40) | (108) | (285) | (524) | (1,078) | |
| Sweet foods | Median | n/a | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| (n) | n/a | (3) | (5) | (8) | (10) | (36) | (85) | (249) | (473) | (957) | |
1Table is based on variables: N40A-I, M2A1A-S, M3A1A-S, M4A1A-S, M5A1A-S, M6A1A-S, M7A1A-R, M9A1A-R, MXA1A-R, MWA1A-R |
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