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Table 1 Complementary feeding practice of mothers for their children, Ebinat district, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2016

From: Complementary feeding and effect of spontaneous fermentation on anti-nutritional factors of selected cereal-based complementary foods

Variables

Frequency (N)

Percentage (%)

Timely introduction of complementary feeding

227

70.1

Dietary diversity from 24 h recall

Grains, roots and tubers

172

53.1

Legumes and nuts

107

33.0

Dairy products

116

35.8

Vitamin A-rich fruits

80

24.7

Flesh foods

40

12.3

Eggs

100

30.9

Other fruits & vegetables

158

48.8

Minimum dietary diversity (≥4 food groups)

15

4.6

Minimum meal frequency

155

47.84

Minimum acceptable diet

10

3.08

Appropriate complementary feeding

5

1.5