Chapter 5. Mothers' Health and Dietary Practices |
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Table 5.7. Percent of mothers giving each reason for eating more of each food by infant age1,2, among those who ate more of these foods during each age while they were breastfeeding Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| N | Food is healthy for me |
Improves amount or quality of my milk |
Craved the food more |
Recommended by a health professional |
Recommended by a friend or relative |
Other reasons |
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| Milk or other dairy foods | Month 0-2 | 443 | 76.5 | 29.1 | 30.2 | 22.3 | 5.9 | 3.8 |
| Month 3-5 | 340 | 64.4 | 26.8 | 24.4 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | |
| Month 6-7 | 203 | 78.3 | 32.0 | 28.6 | 20.2 | 6.4 | 7.4 | |
| Eggs | Month 0-2 | 213 | 65.7 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 13.1 | 1.9 | 12.7 |
| Month 3-5 | 173 | 58.4 | 14.5 | 15.6 | 11.6 | 3.5 | 12.1 | |
| Month 6-7 | 85 | 72.9 | 23.5 | 18.8 | 10.6 | 2.4 | 15.3 | |
| Canned tuna | Month 0-2 | 123 | 57.7 | 15.4 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| Month 3-5 | 126 | 36.5 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 1.6 | 9.5 | |
| Month 6-7 | 48 | 60.4 | 14.6 | 22.9 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 10.4 | |
| Swordfish, shark, tile fish, or king mackerel | Month 0-2 | 17 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 |
| Month 3-5 | 38 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Month 6-7 | 6 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Any other type of fish | Month 0-2 | 78 | 71.8 | 7.7 | 25.6 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 10.3 |
| Month 3-5 | 105 | 41.0 | 3.8 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 9.5 | |
| Month 6-7 | 41 | 82.9 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 14.6 | |
| Shellfish | Month 0-2 | 29 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 24.1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 13.8 |
| Month 3-5 | 48 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 6.3 | |
| Month 6-7 | 10 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Luncheon meats | Month 0-2 | 114 | 26.3 | 4.4 | 40.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 28.9 |
| Month 3-5 | 113 | 13.3 | 4.4 | 23.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 19.5 | |
| Month 6-7 | 31 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51.6 | |
| Nuts, peanuts, or peanut butter | Month 0-2 | 268 | 51.1 | 13.8 | 45.1 | 11.2 | 2.6 | 13.4 |
| Month 3-5 | 197 | 53.8 | 9.6 | 39.1 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 8.6 | |
| Month 6-7 | 131 | 59.5 | 14.5 | 47.3 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 9.9 | |
| Alcoholic drinks | Month 0-2 | 31 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 74.2 |
| Month 3-5 | 63 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | |
| Month 6-7 | 9 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 77.8 | |
| Vitamin or mineral supplements | Month 0-2 | 400 | 69.0 | 35.8 | 0.3 | 56.5 | 8.0 | 1.3 |
| Month 3-5 | 315 | 65.1 | 36.8 | 0.6 | 55.6 | 8.3 | 2.5 | |
| Month 6-7 | 227 | 67.4 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 55.1 | 6.6 | 1.3 | |
| Any herbal or botanical supplement | Month 0-2 | 86 | 30.2 | 62.8 | 1.2 | 24.4 | 17.4 | 3.5 |
| Month 3-5 | 105 | 24.8 | 34.3 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 1.0 | |
| Month 6-7 | 37 | 32.4 | 54.1 | 0.0 | 18.9 | 13.5 | 2.7 | |
1Table is based on
variables: M2D9A1-K6, M5D8A1-K6, M7D8A1-K6 |
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