Table 4 Dietary Patterns of non-stunted and stunted participants are analyzed to see the impact of breakfast, fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, pulses and dairy products, on the health of children
Characteristics | Non-stunted (n = 1066) | Stunted (n = 354) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | (%) | No. | (%) | ||
Breakfast | |||||
Skip | 135 | 12.66 | 196 | 55.36 | 0.04 |
Usually eat | 931 | 87.34 | 158 | 44.64 | > 0.05 |
Basic food groups | |||||
Fruits | 119 | 11.16 | 22 | 6.21 | 0.04 |
Vegetables | 531 | 49.82 | 102 | 28.81 | > 0.05 |
Egg | 98 | 9.19 | 34 | 9.60 | < 0.05 |
Meat | 92 | 8.63 | 76 | 21.46 | 0.16 |
Pulses | 106 | 9.95 | 84 | 23.72 | < 0.05 |
Dairy | 120 | 11.25 | 36 | 10.16 | 0.28 |