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. 2018 Aug 6;21(15):2811–2818. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018001696

Table 3.

Proportion of foods consumed by the target child within the studied households in two provinces (Qazvin and Semnan), Iran, March–September 2014

Proportion of consumption
Not consumed by the child 1–25 % 25–50 % 50–75 % 75–100 %
Food n % n % n % n % n %
Milk 53 16·6 33 10·3 37 11·6 25 7·8 171 53·6
Cake/biscuit 38 36·5 5 48·0 8 7·7 5 4·8 48 46·2
Eggs 72 29·4 52 21·2 35 14·3 36 14·7 50 20·4
Butter 59 41·5 24 16·9 14 9·9 16 11·3 29 20·4
Canned tuna 64 23·4 84 30·7 48 17·5 30 10·9 48 17·5
Halva 67 71·3 6 6·4 4 4·3 4 4·3 13 13·8
Lentils 50 17·5 106 37·2 64 22·5 31 10·9 34 11·9
Chicken 53 38·1 33 23·7 26 18·7 17 12·2 10 7·2
Cheese 48 21·9 73 33·3 48 21·9 35 16·0 15 6·8
Dates 60 45·5 21 15·9 20 15·2 11 3·0 20 5·5
Vegetable oil 80 27·4 129 44·2 50 17·1 20 6·8 13 4·5
Pasta 38 12·0 145 45·9 60 19·0 60 19·0 13 4·1
Rice 52 19·8 135 51·3 36 13·7 34 12·9 6 2·3
Sugar 41 43·2 32 33·7 15 15·8 5 5·3 2 2·1
Soyabeans 26 18·3 53 37·3 34 23·9 26 18·3 3 2·1
Canned peas 86 62·3 24 17·4 21 15·2 5 3·6 2 1·4
Honey 61 64·2 9 9·5 3 3·2 6 63·0 10 1·1
Fruit 2 16·7 1 8·3 9 75·0
Vegetables 1 20·0 1 20·0 3 60·0