Table 2.

Feeding practices according to breast-feeding status: young children (n 76) aged 12–23 months from a highland village and a lowland village in Gobalafto district, North Wollo, northern Ethiopia, August–October 2010

	BF children						NBF children
	All (n 62)		Highlands (n 30)		Lowlands (n 32)		All (n 14)
	n or Mean	% or sd	n or Mean	% or sd	n or Mean	% or sd	n or Mean	% or sd
Cereal products	62	100	30	100	32	100	14	100
Legumes and nuts	62	100	30	100	32	100	14	100
Animal-source foods
Dairy	5	8	1	3	4	13	4	29
Eggs	3	5	0	0	3	8	0	0
Meat & poultry	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	0
Vitamin A-rich fruits & vegetables	11	18	3	10	8	25	0	0
Other fruits*	13	21	2	8	11	31	2	14
Tea	17	27	8	38	9	33	10	71
Coffee	2	3	2	8	0	0	1	7
Mean number of food groups (out of 7)	2·4	0·8	2·2	0·4	2·6	1·0	2·5	0·7
0–2	42	68	23	77	19	59	8	57
3–4	19	31	7	23	12	38	6	43
≥5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0
Fed minimum number of food groups or more†	20	32	7	23	13	41	6	43
Fed minimum number of solid/semi-solid foods‡	58	94	29	97	29	91	14	100
Fed according to IYCF practices§	20	32	7	23	13	41	4	29

BF, breast-fed; NBF, non-breast-fed; IYCF, infant and young child feeding.

*Statistically significant difference between highland and lowland sites according to Fisher's exact test (one-tailed): P = 0·01.

†Minimum number of food groups: at least three daily for BF children and at least four daily for NBF children.

‡Minimum number of meals: three daily for BF children and four daily for NBF children.

§For BF children: need to be fed solids/semi-solids at least three times daily and be fed a minimum of three food groups⁽²⁴⁾. For NBF children: need to drink at least two milk feedings and be fed at least four food groups (not including milk feeds) a minimum of four times daily⁽²⁴⁾.