Table 3.
Distribution of food groups consumed according to dietary diversity score (DDS) and stratified by season; breast-fed infants aged 6–12 months from the catchment of the Gilgel Gibe Field Research Centre of Jimma University, south-west Ethiopia, October–December 2009 (harvest season; HS) and June–August 2010 (pre-harvest season; PHS)
| Cereals, tubers and roots | Legumes and nuts | Vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables | Other fruits and vegetables | Flesh foods | Eggs | Dairy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDS | n † | %‡ | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| HS (n 296) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 57 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | 121 | 98 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 80 | 65 |
| 3 | 67 | 99 | 46 | 68 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 78 |
| 4 | 19 | 100 | 13 | 68 | 9 | 47 | 15 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 84 |
| 5 | 5 | 100 | 5 | 100 | 5 | 100 | 4 | 89 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100 |
| PHS (n 291) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 55 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | 104 | 95 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 47 |
| 3 | 68 | 99 | 46 | 67 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 62 |
| 4 | 29 | 97 | 22 | 73 | 19 | 63 | 18 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 18 | 60 |
| 5 | 8 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 6 | 75 | 7 | 88 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 7 | 88 |
| 6 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 |
†
Total number of infants who consumed each food group.
‡
Percentage of infants who consumed each food group. Note that the numbers and percentages are not mutually exclusive, as an infant can consume more than one food group at a time.