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 | ||