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Table 4 Type of food and the reasons for food restrictions for children

From: Analysis of traditional feeding practices and stunting among children aged 6 to 59 months in Karanganyar District, Central Java Province, Indonesia

Type of food and reasons

Overall N = 47

Children with stunting n = 45 (95.7%)

Children without stunting n = 2 (4.3%)

Eggs

30 (63.8%)

29 (64.4%)

2 (100.0%)

 Eating eggs can cause the child to develop an allergy

30 (100.0%)

29 (100.0%)

2 (100.0%)

Seafood (fish, shrimp, squid)

20 (42.6%)

19 (42.2%)

1 (50.0%)

 Eating shrimp can cause the child to develop an allergy

13 (65.0%)

12 (63.2%)

1 (100.0%)

 The child did not like to eat fish

20 (100.0%)

19 (100.0%)

1 (100.0%)