Table 3.
Percentage of infants and young children consuming different types of grain at least once a day in the Maternal Infant Nutrition Growth (MING) study
| Age group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food/food groups | 6–8 months (n = 201) | 9–11 months (n = 235) | 12–14 months (n = 125) | 15–17 months (n = 75) | 18–20 months (n = 160) | 21–23 months (n = 110) | 24–29 months (n = 248) | 30–35 months (n = 196) |
| Any grain or grain products | 87 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 99 |
| Ricea | 44 | 69 | 78 | 80 | 86 | 81 | 88 | 85 |
| Infant cereals | 40 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Noodles | 16 | 32 | 37 | 43 | 33 | 41 | 34 | 42 |
| Steamed bread | 10 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 11 |
| Millet | 4 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Bread | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| Pancakesb | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Cornmeal | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
a
Includes steamed rice, rice porridge, sticky rice, and non-infant rice noodles.
b
Includes pancakes, fried bread stick, seedcake, and clay oven rolls.