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Table 3 Frequency of meals consumed according to the breastfeeding mode

From: Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey

Number of meals

Breastfed children (N = 590)

Non-breastfed (N = 28)

Totals (N)%

P-Value

6–8 months

9–23 months

6–23 months

  

One meal

(21) 3.56

(16) 2.71

(0) 0.00

(37) 5.99

0.01

Two meals

(65) 11.02

(45) 7.63

(0) 0.00

(110) 17.80

Three meals

(78) 13.22

(130) 22.03

(2) 7.14

(210) 33.98

Four meals

(23) 3.89

(71) 12.03

(7) 25

(101) 16.34

Five meals

(28) 4.75

(76) 12.88

(12) 42.86

(116) 18.77

Six meals

(8) 1.36

(29) 4.92

(7) 25

(44) 7.12

Children receiving the minimum frequency of mealsa

(202) 34.24

(306) 51.86

(26) 92.86

(534) 86.41

 
  1. Legend: N Number, % Frequency
  2. aFor breastfed children, the daily minimum frequency is two meals for children aged 6 to 8 months and three meals for children aged 9 to 23 months. As for non-breastfed children, the daily minimum frequency is four meals [21]