Table 3.

Hygiene practices during food preparation and feeding by mothers

Practice	Frequency (%)
	EBF children (n=27) No. (%)	Non-EBF children (n=93) No. (%)
	Wash hands after defaecation
Yes	25 (93)	77 (83)
No	2 (7)	16 (17)
Clean hands and utensils before feeding
Yes	24 (89)	69 (74)
No	3 (11)	24 (26)
Wash hands of children before feeding
Yes	18 (67)	43 (46)
No	9 (33)	50 (54)
Cover foods after cooking
Yes	17 (63)	44 (47)
No	10 (37)	49 (53)
Reheat leftover foods before serving
Yes	17 (63)	65 (70)
No	10 (37)	28 (30)
Duration of preservation of complementary feeds (n=120)
Proper duration (up to 2 hours)	117 (98)
Not proper duration	3 (2)