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Table 3 Feeding practices reported by caregivers, by countrya

From: Infant and young child feeding practices are associated with childhood anaemia and stunting in sub-Saharan Africa

 

Angola

Benin

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameron

Cote d'Ivoire

DRC

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Lesotho

Currently...

 Breastfeeding

77.6

72.9

93.7

91.8

67.7

75.1

87.4

88.3

83.2

89.1

64.4

 Uses bottle

15.8

14.9

1.3

11.5

7.7

4.5

5.6

14.8

12.1

4.9

22.5

Dietary diversity for past 24 h

 Consumed from no food group

16.2

23.5

28.4

13.2

10.7

16.0

19.7

24.3

11.6

24.7

8.2

 Consumed from 1—3 food groups

57.8

52.0

68.7

75.4

67.2

74.3

70.3

64.8

72.4

68.8

80.3

 Consumed from 4—7 food groups

26.0

24.6

2.9

11.4

22.1

9.7

10.0

10.9

16.1

6.6

11.5

Meal frequency

 6 to 8 mo old children

1.8 ± 1.5

1.3 ± 1.5

1.0 ± 1.3

1.8 ± 1.0

1.3 ± 1.5

1.4 ± 1.4

1.7 ± 1.2

1.5 ± 1.5

1.7 ± 1.4

1.0 ± 1.3

2.7 ± 1.7

 9 to 11 mo old children

2.0 ± 1.4

1.9 ± 1.7

1.9 ± 1.3

2.2 ± 1.0

1.4 ± 1.6

1.8 ± 1.3

2.0 ± 1.3

2.1 ± 1.4

1.9 ± 1.2

1.5 ± 1.3

2.6 ± 1.7

 12 to 23 mo old children

2.2 ± 1.4

2.5 ± 1.6

2.5 ± 1.3

2.3 ± 1.1

1.3 ± 1.7

2.5 ± 1.2

2.3 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 1.5

2.5 ± 1.2

2.3 ± 1.6

3.2 ± 1.7

Child feeding indexb

3.9 ± 1.4

3.7 ± 1.4

3.9 ± 1.0

4.2 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 1.2

3.9 ± 1.2

4.0 ± 1.2

3.9 ± 1.2

4.1 ± 1.2

3.8 ± 1.1

4.0 ± 1.3

 

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Tanzania

Currently...

 Breastfeeding

85.6

86.2

85.1

83.0

59.1

86.5

93.3

80.3

43.1

68.7

81.3

 Uses bottle

2.1

5.6

4.9

77.1

35.4

2.4

5.1

4.8

48.1

7.7

4.4

Dietary diversity for past 24 h

 Consumed from no food group

8.8

10.7

25.9

13.7

18.1

22.9

15.6

15.1

7.8

4.4

5.9

 Consumed from 1—3 food groups

80.7

69.7

59.5

59.4

57.3

69.7

72.9

63.9

54.0

75.7

77.5

 Consumed from 4—7 food groups

10.4

19.6

14.6

26.9

24.6

7.4

11.5

21.0

38.2

19.9

16.6

Meal frequency

 6 to 8 mo old children

0.2 ± 0.8

1.6 ± 1.1

1.0 ± 1.2

2.2 ± 1.7

1.7 ± 1.4

1.7 ± 1.6

1.3 ± 1.2

1.2 ± 1.2

1.8 ± 1.3

1.8 ± 1.2

1.9 ± 1.0

 9 to 11 mo old children

0.2 ± 0.7

2.1 ± 1.1

1.4 ± 1.1

2.5 ± 1.5

2.0 ± 1.3

2.5 ± 1.7

2.3 ± 1.0

1.6 ± 1.2

2.0 ± 1.1

2.2 ± 1.1

2.2 ± 1.1

 12 to 23 mo old children

0.2 ± 0.7

2.2 ± 1.3

2.0 ± 1.1

2.8 ± 1.6

2.5 ± 1.3

3.0 ± 1.7

2.6 ± 0.9

2.2 ± 1.2

2.0 ± 1.0

2.5 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 0.9

Child feeding indexb

3.2 ± 0.8

4.1 ± 1.2

3.8 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 1.3

3.6 ± 1.3

4.2 ± 1.2

4.2 ± 1.1

4.0 ± 1.2

3.3 ± 1.3

4.0 ± 1.1

4.3 ± 1.1

  1. DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo
  2. aSample includes only households with complete data on children’s height, age, and haemoglobin levels. Values represent mean ± standard deviation or percentage
  3. bChild Feeding Index: A child feeding index was created based on age-specific (6 to 8 months, 9 to 23 months) feeding recommendations on breastfeeding, use of feeding bottle, diet diversity, and meal frequency (Kramer, 2012 [22]; Ruel and Menon, 2002 [17]; WHO, 2010 [21, 24])