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

Table 6 Percentage of Mexican children ages 0–47.9 months consuming meats or protein sources^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 meat or protein source	3.8	1.1	33.9	45.7	66.3	71.9	69.6	70.8
Babyfood meats	0.2	0.0	1.5	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Non-babyfood meats	0.0	0.0	5.0	18.4	25.2	29.5	22.0	25.9
Beef	0.0	0.0	0.3	8.0	2.0	6.7	6.2	6.5
Chicken or turkey	0.0	0.0	3.2	7.4	15.6	12.5	9.6	11.1
Fish and shellfish	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	2.5	2.0	2.3
Game	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.7
Cured meats^b	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.3	8.1	8.2	3.1	5.8
Organ meats	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Pork/ham	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	1.3
Dried beans and peas	1.4	0.0	18.2	11.5	26.3	28.5	32.4	30.4
Eggs and egg dishes	2.2	1.1	12.8	21.2	35.4	40.0	40.2	40.1
Peanut butter, nuts, seeds	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	4.5	1.9	3.3

^aMean estimates by age group calculated from the 24-hour dietary recall, Mexican NHNS 2012
^bIncludes cold cuts, bacon, sausage

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