TABLE 1.

Scoring system used to create the child feeding index for children at each age.

	Age 6 Months	Age 9 Months	Age 12 Months
Source of Milk (past 24 hours)	Breastmilk = 1 FF - correct amount * = 1 FF - wrong amount = 0 Baby food or dairy product = 1	Breastmilk = 1 FF - correct amount † = 1 FF - wrong amount = 0 Baby food or dairy product = 1	Breastmilk = 1 FF = 1 Baby food = 1 Dairy product = 1
Sub-score 1	Maximum = 2	Maximum = 2	Maximum = 2
Dietary diversity (past 24 hours)	Baby food or dairy product = 1 Vegetables or fruits = 1 Tubers or starchy food = 1 Meat or fish or egg = 1	Baby food or dairy product = 1 Vegetables or fruits = 1 Tubers or starchy food = 1 Meat or fish or egg = 1	Baby food or dairy product = 1 Vegetables or fruits = 1 Tubers or starchy food = 1 Meat or fish or egg = 1
Sub-score 2	Maximum = 4	Maximum = 4	Maximum = 4
Food frequency (past 7 days)	For each of: baby food/dairy product, vegetables/fruits, tubers/starchy food, meat/fish/egg 0 times in past 7 days = 0 1–2 times in past 7 days = 0.5 3 times or more in past 7 days = 1	For each of: baby food/dairy product, vegetables/fruits, tubers/starchy food, meat/fish/egg 0 times in past 7 days = 0 1–3 times in past 7 days = 0.5 4 times or more in past 7 days = 1	For each of: baby food/dairy product, vegetables/fruits, tubers/starchy food, meat/fish/egg 0 times in past 7 days = 0 1–3 times in past 7 days = 0.5 4 times or more in past 7 days = 1
Sub-score 3	Maximum = 4	Maximum = 4	Maximum = 4
Meal frequency (past 24 hours)	0 meals a day = 0 1 meal a day = 1 2 or more meals a day = 2	0 meals a day = 0 1–2 meals a day = 1 3 or more meals a day = 2	0 meals a day = 0 1–2 meals a day = 1 3 or more meals a day = 2
Sub-score 4	Maximum = 2	Maximum = 2	Maximum = 2
Total score‡	Maximum = 12	Maximum = 12	Maximum = 12

FF: formula feeding ; baby food: cereal based baby food enriched with powdered animal milk

^*at least equivalent to the amount of two 210 mL feeds;

^†at least equivalent to the amount of one 210 mL feed;

^‡sum of sub-scores 1 to 4