Chapter 4. Infant Health

Table 4.14. Percent of babies who had problems caused by food they ate and who had problems caused by food they were exposed to through breast milk because of something mothers ate by infant age1,2, among babies who had problems caused by food during these periods

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Month 0-4 Month 5-9 Month 10-12
Food babies ate 62.9 91.2 96.9
Food babies were exposed to via breast milk because of something mothers ate 43.0 23.0 12.8
N 221 204 196

1Table is based on variables: M4C3A-B, M9C6A-B, MWC6A-B
2
Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply