Table 4.
Feeding practices in normal children compared with children with feeding problems.
| feeding practices | Normal children (n=294) |
Feeding-problem children (n=108) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency of meals, mean±SD, time | 2.93±0.54 | 2.74±.74 | 0.015* |
| Mealtime duration, mean±SD, min | 22.96±10.97 | 25.19±16 | 0.182 |
| Frequency of snacks, mean±SD, time | 2.31±0.97 | 2.49±1.20 | 0.163 |
| Volume of milk/day, mean±SD, oz | 29.63±12.57 | 30.57±13.14 | 0.531 |
| Volume of milk at night/day, mean±SD, oz | 13.07±9.52 | 13.99±7.35 | 0.471 |
*P<0.05 statistically significant.