. 2012 Oct 15;11(2):215–228. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00461.x

Table 1.

Scoring of child feeding behaviours by age in the infant and young child feeding index

Behaviour	1–3 months	6 months	9 months	12–24 months
Breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding	Yes = 5	Yes = 5	–	–
Exclusive breastfeeding	No = 0	No = 0	–	–
Full breastfeeding	Yes = 4	Yes = 4	–	–
Full breastfeeding	No = 0	No = 0	–	–
Any breastfeeding	Yes = 2	Yes = 2	Yes = 5	Yes = 5
Any breastfeeding	No = 0	No = 0	No = 0	No = 0
Use of bottles	Yes = −5	Yes = −5	Yes = −5	NA⁻¹
Use of bottles	No = 0	No = 0	No = 0	NA⁻¹
Sweetened beverage	Yes = −2	Yes = −2	Yes = −2	Yes = −2
Sweetened beverage	No = 0	No = 0	No = 0	No = 0
Carbonated beverage	NA⁻¹	NA⁻¹	NA⁻¹	Yes = −3
Carbonated beverage	NA⁻¹	NA⁻¹	NA⁻¹	No = 0
Complementary food	Yes = −3*	0–7 ^†	0–7	0–7
Complementary food	No = 0	0–7 ^†	0–7	0–7
Maximum points	−10 to 5	−7 to 9	−7 to 12	−5 to 12

*Ever fed solid food. ^†Complementary food score. NA⁻¹: not applicable because item not available in data.