Table 2.

Distribution of rapid weight gain (RWG) before the age of two

Children’s experienced RWG	Total		Ever RWG
	n	%	%
Total	17,002	100.0
No-RWG	9493	55.8
Ever RWG	7509	44.2	100.0
At a single time interval
Birth - 6 mo*	2975	17.5	39.6
6 mo - 12 mo	1911	11.2	25.4
12 mo - 18 mo	1024	6.0	13.6
18 mo - 24 mo	310	1.8	4.1
At other time intervals	1289	7.6	17.2

^*Months of age