Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.5. Percent of babies who were fed each type of cereal in the past 7 days by infant age1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

Infant age in months N Not fed baby cereal Dry cereal added
to a liquid
Cereal in a jar Both dry cereal
and cereal in a jar
Total (%)
Neonatal 2,923 93.5 6.1 0.1 0.3 100
2 2,545 85.7 13.4 0.2 0.7 100
3 2,383 77.6 21.2 0.4 0.8 100
4 2,202 54.6 42.6 0.5 2.2 100
5 2,175 27.0 67.1 1.3 4.5 100

1Table is based on variables: N42A-C, M2A2A-C, M3A2A-C, M4A2A-C, M5A2A-C