Number of meals | Breastfed children (N = 590) | Non-breastfed (N = 28) | Totals (N)% | P-Value | |
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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 |