TABLE 2.

Weekly food class consumption by age and level of diet diversity in 381 children aged 6−24 mo in rural South Africa¹

Age, mo2	Dietary diversity level3	Breast milk	Formula milk	Dairy products	Vegetable protein	Nonmilk animal protein	Snacks and sweetened beverages	Fruit and vegetables	Complex carbohydrates
		Weeks when food, %
6 mo	Normal	78.4	44.0	24.1	8.8	14.0	28.4	57.8	100.0
	Low	74.3	29.5	5.7	5.2	3.8	5.2	19.0	79.5
9 mo	Normal	73.4	43.3	42.3	36.7	42.5	64.5	43.3	98.8
	Low	63.2	28.4	10.4	10.9	8.9	17.5	8.1	93.8
12 mo	Normal	66.8	35.3	45.6	38.4	52.4	81.4	38.1	99.8
	Low	50.9	28.7	10.0	16.8	14.3	23.3	4.7	93.9
18 mo	Normal	29.1	21.9	60.5	48.2	67.3	96.9	42.5	100.0
	Low	8.3	6.5	9.4	20.2	24.9	79.8	6.5	97.8
24 mo	Normal	6.2	8.3	69.5	61.2	82.8	99.6	55.6	100.0
	Low	0.5	0.0	13.9	19.7	36.1	87.5	15.4	100.0

¹Values are percentages of 22,772 observed weeks.

²Midpoint of 3-mo age interval.

³Low dietary diversity was considered present when the raw diversity score was in the in lowest quartile. Normal dietary diversity was considered to be present when the diversity score was in the top 3 quartiles.