Table 8.

Food sources of dietary folate equivalents among infants and children, ages 6 months to 12 years, by age group in the UAE from the FITS and KNHS study 2020.

	6–11.9 Months		12–23.9 Months		24–47.9 Months		4–8.9 Years		9–11.9 Years
	n = 73		n = 90		n = 249		n = 429		n = 261
Rank	Food Group	% of Total	Food Group	% of Total	Food Group	% of Total	Food Group	% of Total	Food Group	% of Total
1	I/YC formula	41.5	Rice and pasta	25.6	Rice and pasta	30.7	Rice and pasta	30.2	Rice and pasta	33.8
2	Rice and pasta	17.3	I/YC formula	22.4	Breads, pita, saj	17.1	Breads, pita, saj	22.2	Breads, pita, saj	19.5
3	Human milk	9.2	Breads, pita, saj	10.9	Breakfast cereals	12.6	Breakfast cereals	13.1	Breakfast cereals	13.4
4	Baby cereal	7.9	Sweet bakery products	6.5	Vegetables	6.6	Sweet bakery products	5.6	Vegetables	7.9
5	Vegetables	5.8	Vegetables	5.7	Sweet bakery products	4.2	Vegetables	5.1	Sweet bakery products	5.0
6	Breads, pita, saj	2.4	Beans and legumes	4.1	Beans and legumes	2.8	Meat and fish	2.7	Beans and legumes	3.2
7	Sweet bakery products	2.2	Eggs and egg dishes	2.6	SSB	2.7	SSB	2.5	Meat and fish	2.2
8			Human milk	2.5	Eggs and egg dishes	2.6	Beans and legumes	2.4	SSB	2.1
9			Baby cereal	2.2	Meat and fish	2.4	Eggs and egg dishes	2.1
10			Breakfast cereals	2.0	Cow’s milk	2.4
11					I/YC formula	2.3
12					Dairy products	2.1
Top contributors:		86.3		84.5		88.5		86.1		87.1