Table 4.
Breastfeeding mother (n = 300) meal composition (24 h recall)
| Type of food | Restricted diet (n = 274 (%)) | No Restricted Diet (n = 26 (%)) | P | Total (n = 300 (%)) | Intakea(g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glutinous riceb | 236 (86.1) | 26 (100) | 0.05 | 262 (87.3) | 525 |
| Non-glutinous rice | 50 (18.2) | 3 (11.5) | ns | 53 (17.6) | 664 |
| Meat | 232 (84.6) | 24 (92.3) | ns | 256 (85.3) | 15.3 |
| Fish | 159 (58.0) | 21 (80.2) | 0.03 | 180 (60.0) | 6.6 |
| Egg | 20 (7.3) | 2 (7.6) | ns | 22 (7.3) | 93.6 |
| Vegetable | 148 (54.0) | 15 (55.9) | ns | 163 (54.3) | 141 |
| Roots/leaves | 61 (22.2) | 5 (19.2) | ns | 66 (22.0) | 86 |
| Fruit | 134 (48.9) | 17 (65.3) | ns | 151 (50.3) | 227 |
| Sweet drinksc,d | 48 (17.5) | 7 (26.9) | ns | 55 (18.3) | 299 |
| Soups | 63 (22.9) | 5 (19.2) | ns | 68 (22.6) | 146 |
| Pastry | 11 (4.0) | 4 (15.3) | 0.03 | 15 (5.0) | 44 |
Abbreviation: ns, not significant.
All but five mothers were breastfeeding their child at the time of the survey.
a
Mean intake among the people who ate the food.
b
Number and (%).
c
Sugar cane, soya milk, chocolate, Pepsi or coffee with sugar.
d
Only four mothers (1.3%) drank milk.