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

Table 5 Percentage of Mexican children ages 0–47.9 months consuming vegetables and 100 % vegetable 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 vegetables^b	0.7	23.3	17.6	24.9	15.8	18.5	20.5	19.4
Baby/toddler food	0.2	12.1	2.1	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Non-baby/toddler	0.5	11.5	15.5	23.5	15.1	18.5	20.1	19.2
Cooked	0.5	1.2	8.6	10.7	7.3	11.4	12.9	12.1
Dark green	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3
Deep yellow/orange	0.0	0.0	6.2	6.2	4.9	6.5	7.8	7.1
Starchy	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.3	4.5	6.0	7.3	6.6
Other vegetables	0.5	1.2	2.4	1.9	1.7	4.3	3.2	3.8
Raw	0.0	10.7	6.8	13.9	9.6	7.8	8.5	8.1
Any 100 % vegetable juice^c	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.2

^aMean estimates by age group calculated from the 24-hour dietary recall, Mexican NHNS 2012
^bTypes of baby/toddler vegetable and non-baby/toddler vegetables reported include dark green: quintoles, spinach, quelites, broccoli, chard; deep yellow: carrots, calabaza, pumpkin, sweet potato (camote); starchy: potatoes (French fries or fried, pureed, plain), potato tortilla, corn on the cob (elote), corn kernels (esquite); all other vegetables: (beet, cabbage, cactus, cauliflower, chayote, cucumber, green beans, jicama, mushrooms, onions, prickly pear cactus, tomato, vegetable pear (chayote), verdolaga, watercress, zucchini)
^cIncludes fresh and commercial (canned) juices

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