Table 4.
Mothers' main reasons for feeding commercial snack food products in the previous week, by snack food product typea
| Dakar | Dar es Salaam | Kathmandu Valley | Phnom Penh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candies or chocolatesb | ||||
| “Child likes it” | 86.0 | 86.3 | 60.6 | 58.7 |
| Child demanded food | 8.4 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 18.8 |
| Convenience | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 7.5 |
| “Food is healthy/ads tell me it is healthy” | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.0 |
| Normally done | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| Affordability | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| Chips or crispsc | ||||
| “Child likes it” | 88.3 | 68.2 | 73.2 | 65.9 |
| Child demanded food | 4.9 | 27.3 | 3.1 | 9.5 |
| Convenience | 1.9 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 7.1 |
| “Food is healthy/ads tell me it is healthy” | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| Normally done | 0.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| Affordability | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Cookies or biscuitsd | ||||
| “Child likes it” | 80.2 | 68.7 | 45.8 | 53.8 |
| Child demanded food | 12.4 | 28.9 | 2.1 | 15.4 |
| Convenience | 4.1 | 1.2 | 40.7 | 4.6 |
| “Food is healthy/ads tell me it is healthy” | 0.8 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 21.6 |
| Normally done | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| Affordability | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Doughnuts or cakese | ||||
| “Child likes it” | 86.3 | 87.5 | 62.5 | 68.5 |
| Child demanded food | 7.8 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| Convenience | 5.9 | 0.0 | 34.4 | 3.7 |
| “Food is healthy/ads tell me it is healthy” | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.9 |
| Normally done | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Affordability | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
a
Values are presented as proportions, among mothers who reported feeding products in week prior to interview.
b
Dakar n = 107; Dar es Salaam n = 73; Kathmandu Valley n = 86; and Phnom Penh n = 80.
c
Dakar n = 162; Dar es Salaam n = 22; Kathmandu Valley n = 97; and Phnom Penh n = 126.
d
Dakar n = 121; Dar es Salaam n = 83; Kathmandu Valley n = 192; and Phnom Penh n = 65.
e
Dakar n = 51; Dar es Salaam n = 16; Kathmandu Valley n = 32; and Phnom Penh n = 54.