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

Table 8 Percentage of Mexican children ages 0–47.9 months consuming sweets and salty snacks^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 sweet	5.8	15.1	43.6	74.7	81.8	90.1	90.3	90.2
Cakes, pies, cookies	0.0	1.9	20.6	33.7	33.7	29.8	27.0	28.5
Cookies	0.0	1.6	20.6	33.7	30.8	27.2	24.5	25.9
Cakes	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	3.3	3.2	2.6	2.9
Sweet breads, sweet rolls^b	1.4	0.0	3.5	11	25.7	30.4	39.7	34.8
Candy, Mexican desserts	0.0	1.6	2.6	13.4	20.4	24.5	27.6	26.0
Candy	0.0	0.0	2.6	10.4	16.4	22.1	24.3	23.2
Mexican desserts	0.0	1.6	0.0	3.0	4.2	2.8	3.9	3.3
Ice cream^c	0.2	0.0	2.3	6.7	4.0	4.7	7.5	6.0
Sugar and syrups	0.0	0.6	2.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	3.5	2.4
Sweetened beverages^d	5.6	11.7	21.3	41.8	63.1	78.8	77.6	78.3
Fruit flavored drinks	0.0	2.8	9.2	8.9	14.7	17.4	13.3	15.5
Carbonated sodas	0.0	0.9	5.5	7.4	16.4	35.1	36.0	35.5
Sweetened tea/coffee	5.6	3.0	4.4	13.7	22.3	23.7	28.7	26.1
Artificially sweetened^e	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	2.7	2.3	1.9	2.1
Other beverages	0.0	5.1	11.1	20.3	30.0	34.3	35.1	34.7
Atoles^f	0.0	3.5	4.1	9.3	10.7	9.5	9.0	9.3
Milkshakes^g	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.9	2.7	2.4	2.6
Yakult^h	0.0	1.6	3.6	1.4	3.8	6.6	5.4	6.0
Aguas Frescas	0.0	0.0	3.4	9.6	15.5	18.8	22.1	20.4
Salty snacksⁱ	2.2	5.3	10.2	15.0	15.4	20.9	23.0	21.9

^aMean estimates by age group calculated from the 24-hour dietary recall, Mexican NHNS 2012
^bIncludes bunuelos, churros, doughnuts, pan dulce
^cAlso includes frozen yogurt, puddings
^dAll are sugar-sweetened except for artificially sweetened
^eIncludes reconstituted powdered beverages
^fWater and milk-based
^gAlso includes smoothies and liquados
^hRice fermented lactobacillus
ⁱFrom grains and starchy vegetables such as potato chips, fried corn snacks

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