Table 2.

Details on feeding practices

	Age group
	6–8 months			9–11 months			12–18 months
Variable	n	%	sd	n	%	sd	n	%	sd
Complementary feeding	1395	63	0·48	1682	84	0·37	4632	92	0·26
Meal frequency
Two or more feeds daily	1129	51	0·50	1381	69	0·46	4330	86	0·35
Three or more feeds daily	554	25	0·43	781	39	0·49	2719	54	0·50
Dietary diversity
Three or more food groups	155	7	0·26	400	20	0·40	1762	35	0·48
Four or more food groups	66	3	0·18	180	9	0·28	856	17	0·37
	n	Mean	sd	n	Mean	sd	n	Mean	sd
No. of feeds/d	2214	1·54	1·53	2002	2·18	1·54	5035	2·72	1·45
No. of food groups/d	2214	0·78	1·05	2002	1·49	1·33	5035	2·13	1·47

Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation of feeding practices, as per the WHO feeding guidelines, stratified by age group of the child, from the 2005–06 Indian National Family Health Survey.