Early feeding patterns among Mexican babies: findings from the 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey and implications for health and obesity prevention

Table 2 Percentage of Mexican children ages 0–47.9 months consuming milks and milk products^a

	Percent consuming at least once in a day
	Infants				Toddlers	Preschoolers
Age, months	0–3.9	4–5.9	6–8.9	9–11.9	12–23.9	24–35.9	36–47.9	24–47.9
N	107	75	107	122	538	556	552	1108
Any milk or milk products^b	100.0	97.6	94.5	94.5	86.2	74.9	67.3	71.3
Any milk^c	100.0	97.6	92.6	92.3	80.5	66.5	60.9	63.9
Breast milk	89.0	55.2	54.6	42.7	13.5	2.6	0.0	1.4
Infant formula^d	55.7	45.9	44.6	27.5	22.7	6.1	2.7	4.5
Cow's milk^e	0.9	9.8	14.0	38.3	54.0	57.9	57.6	57.8
Milk, fluid^f	0.9	9.8	14.0	35.7	52.0	57.0	57.0	57.0
Milk, powdered^g	0.0	5.2	10.2	26.0	20.3	11.4	8.1	9.9
Plain^h	0.9	9.5	13.2	37.3	49.2	46.3	38.4	42.6
Flavored milksⁱ	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.0	7.6	17.2	24.8	20.8
Whole^j	0.9	7.5	12.9	37.4	48.3	52.7	53.6	53.1
Reduced-fat^j	0.0	2.3	1.2	2.4	6.5	3.4	2.5	3.0
Lactose-free^j	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.7	2.2	2.5
Other milks^k	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	1.8	3.2	1.0	2.2
Any milk products^l	0.0	8.9	20.7	30.9	32.4	30.0	25.4	27.9
Cheese	0.0	0.0	2.7	5.8	8.3	11.9	9.6	10.8
Yogurt	0.0	8.9	18.0	28.0	27.2	20.1	18.3	19.2
Baby yogurt	0.0	8.9	10.8	20.1	17.6	11.9	8.5	10.3

^aMean estimates by age group calculated from the 24-hour dietary recall, Mexican NHNS 2012
^bSum of all milks and milk products
^cSum of all milk beverages listed in the table; all values for powdered beverages are reconstituted
^dIron-fortified
^eSum of any type of cow's milk including fluid and reconstituted, plain and flavored, whole and reduced fat, lactose-free
^fIncludes plain and flavored, whole, reduced fat, and lactose free
^gIncludes plain and flavored, whole and reduced fat
^hIncludes fluid, powdered, whole, reduced fat and lactose-free
ⁱIncludes fluid, powdered, whole, reduced fat
^jIncludes fluid and powdered, plain and flavored
^kIncludes soy and other animal milks
^lIncludes cheese and yogurt consumed as distinct food items

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