Table 7.

Percentage of infants and young children consuming meat or other protein sources 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 meat or protein source	74	92	97	97	99	98	98	99
Non-baby food meat	20	45	54	51	71	67	74	84
Types of meat
Pork/ham	12	25	34	25	48	55	54	62
Chicken or duck	1	3	7	5	9	8	12	15
Fish, shrimp or shellfish	7	17	15	20	27	12	23	27
Beef	1	2	5	4	4	3	8	19
Hot dogs/sausages	0	1	3	7	3	3	6	3
Lamb	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	2
Organ meat	3	4	5	5	3	2	2	2
Othera	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Baby food meat	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Other protein sources	71	89	94	95	98	96	97	97
Dried beans and meat
substitutesb	3	7	12	20	16	12	20	20
Eggs	51	62	65	60	66	69	69	77
Peanut butter, nuts, seeds	0	2	9	0	7	9	8	8
Cheese	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
Yogurt	1	1	2	5	7	15	9	17
Beansc	1	1	4	4	6	4	5	3
Soupd	5	6	17	11	10	14	15	9

^aIncludes rabbit meat, goose, and pigeon meat.

^bIncludes black soybean, soybean, and soybean products including tofu.

^cIncludes mung beans, red beans, kidney bean, broad bean, lentils, pea, and green soy bean.

^dThe amount of protein provided by soup varies.