Table 4.
The daily ration (or a recommended serving size combined with a recommended frequency of feeds per day) included on the product label that exceeded the recommended energy intake from complementary foods for a breastfed child*
| Age group | Answer | Phnom Penh | Kathmandu Valley | Dakar Department | Dar es Salaam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Total n for age group | n (%) | Total n for age group | n (%) | Total n for age group | n (%) | Total n for age group | ||
| 6–8.9 months: 837 kJ/day (200 Kcal/day) | Exceeded recommendation | 9 (14.5) | 62 | 10 (55.6) | 18 | 17 (23.3) | 73 | 10 (40.0) | 25 |
| Did not exceed recommendation | 3 (4.8) | 0 | 3 (4.1) | 1 (4.0) | |||||
| Insufficient information | 50 (80.6) | 8 (44.4) | 53 (72.6) | 14 (56.0) | |||||
| 9–11.9 months: 1255 kJ/day (300 Kcal/day) | Exceeded recommendation | 4 (6.2) | 65 | 13 (61.9) | 21 | 8 (10.3) | 78 | 2 (8.0) | 25 |
| Did not exceed recommendation | 4 (6.2) | 0 | 2 (2.6) | 7 (28.0) | |||||
| Insufficient information | 57 (87.6) | 8 (38.1) | 68 (87.1) | 16 (64.0) | |||||
| 12–23.9 months: 2301 kJ/day (550 Kcal) | Exceeded recommendation | 5 (7.1) | 70 | 4 (18.1) | 22 | 2 (2.4) | 83 | 0 | 26 |
| Did not exceed recommendation | 3 (4.3) | 10 (45.5) | 7 (8.4) | 8 (30.8) | |||||
| Insufficient information | 62 (88.6) | 8 (36.4) | 74 (89.2) | 18 (69.2) | |||||
*
Includes product labels with daily ration or serving size plus number of meals (meal frequency) used to calculate daily ration.