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

Table 4 Percentage of Mexican children ages 0–47.9 months consuming fruits and 100 % fruit juices^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 Fruit or juice^b	7.5	36.7	50.9	59.5	62.5	51.7	50.7	51.3
Any fruit^c	7.5	33.8	48.3	53.6	55.3	46.3	44.3	45.4
Babyfood fruit	3.7	15.0	12.6	8.2	1.8	0.7	0.0	0.4
Non-baby food fruit	3.8	18.8	37.2	50.3	54.5	45.9	44.3	45.2
Fresh and frozen	3.8	17.3	34.2	50.3	54.3	45.9	44.3	45.2
Bananas	0.2	11.3	25.1	31.9	36.5	30.4	24.9	27.8
Pears	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.6	2.5	2.1	2.9	2.5
Melons	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.9	2.6	3.3
Guava	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.8	1.0	1.3	1.2
Other fruits	2.7	4.3	11.5	19.0	25.6	17.4	20.3	18.8
Canned	0.0	1.5	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Any 100 % fruit juice	0.0	15.3	7.5	17.3	18.0	12.6	12.8	12.7
Baby juice	0.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Non-baby juice	0.0	13.1	6.5	16.7	18.0	12.6	12.8	12.7

^aMean estimates by age group calculated from the 24-hour dietary recall, Mexican NHNS 2012
^bSum of all fruit and 100 % fruit juice food groups
^cTypes of baby food fruit and non-baby food fruit include apple, banana, berries, grapefruit, gunabana, kiwi, mango, melon, orange, papaya, passion fruit, pear, peach, pineapple, plum, tropical fruit, watermelon

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