Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.1. Percent of babies who were fed each food in the past 7 days by infant age1 Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Neonatal | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |
| Total (n) | 3,002 | 2,546 | 2,381 | 2,232 | 2,178 | 2,092 | 2,017 | 1,942 | 1,804 | 1,802 |
| Breast milk | 72.4 | 63.8 | 60.4 | 56.9 | 53.7 | 49.8 | 45.6 | 41.6 | 37.1 | 25.2 |
| Formula | 59.3 | 60.3 | 60.4 | 62.9 | 64.8 | 67.5 | 68.9 | 70.5 | 69.8 | 35.6 |
| Water | 11.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sugar water | 2.6 | 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 | 0.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cow's milk | n/a | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 19.2 | 82.0 |
| Other milk | n/a | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 7.2 |
| Other dairy foods | n/a | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 15.3 | 35.1 | 57.6 | 80.5 |
| Other soy foods | n/a | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 5.6 |
| 100% fruit/ vegetable juice | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 9.1 | 21.8 | 34.5 | 53.5 | 62.9 | 68.9 | 77.1 |
| Sweet drinks | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 14.7 |
| Baby cereal | 6.4 | 14.6 | 22.4 | 45.3 | 73.2 | 83.9 | 86.0 | 83.3 | 70.2 | 45.9 |
| Other cereals and starches | n/a | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 18.6 | 41.0 | 73.0 | 85.9 | 93.2 |
| Fruit | n/a | 2.4 | 4.7 | 13.4 | 42.4 | 73.3 | 91.9 | 97.2 | 98.1 | 98.6 |
| Vegetables | n/a | 1.3 | 3.1 | 10.6 | 41.7 | 75.4 | 93.2 | 97.4 | 97.8 | 98.8 |
| French fries | n/a | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 14.4 | 26.1 | 43.4 |
| Meat, chicken, combination dinners | n/a | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 22.8 | 49.2 | 77.0 | 88.1 | 93.8 |
| Fish or shellfish | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 17.9 |
| Peanut butter, other peanut foods, or nuts | n/a | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 25.9 |
| Eggs | n/a | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 14.7 | 29.0 | 59.8 |
| Sweet foods | n/a | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 12.8 | 26.2 | 53.1 |
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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