Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.27. Percent of each kind of food fed to babies that was commercial baby food in the past 7 days by infant age1, among babies fed any food or drink besides breast milk or formula

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N All
commercial		 Mostly commercial Some commercial No
commercial		 Not fed in
past 7 days		 Total (%)
Fruit Month 5 1,554 44.9 5.0 3.0 5.0 42.2 100
  Month 6 1,805 59.2 10.6 4.9 6.4 18.8 100
  Month 7 1,949 60.6 16.5 9.3 7.2 6.4 100
  Month 9 1,893 43.0 24.5 18.4 11.1 3.0 100
  Month 10 1,772 25.8 23.6 26.5 22.2 1.9 100
  Month 12 1,779 9.4 12.4 29.0 45.6 3.7 100
Fruit and Vegetable juice Month 5 1,548 22.0 2.1 2.1 4.6 69.1 100
  Month 6 1,784 28.8 3.5 2.2 6.3 59.2 100
  Month 7 1,931 36.0 6.0 4.5 8.5 45.0 100
  Month 9 1,892 34.3 8.8 7.2 14.2 35.5 100
  Month 10 1,774 30.0 9.9 10.4 21.3 28.4 100
  Month 12 1,769 15.8 9.7 14.1 37.6 22.8 100
Meat, chicken, combination dinners Month 5 1,534 8.3 0.8 0.5 2.0 88.4 100
  Month 6 1,764 20.1 1.8 1.0 3.2 74.0 100
  Month 7 1,918 37.6 5.8 2.7 5.3 48.6 100
  Month 9 1,888 40.8 13.8 10.4 12.1 22.8 100
  Month 10 1,776 26.4 17.8 19.9 24.3 11.7 100
  Month 12 1,777 10.2 12.1 24.5 45.0 8.2 100
Vegetables Month 5 1,546 47.5 3.1 2.5 4.1 42.8 100
  Month 6 1,808 65.7 7.9 4.3 6.1 16.1 100
  Month 7 1,941 65.1 14.8 7.7 7.7 4.6 100
  Month 9 1,893 46.1 22.7 18.2 10.5 2.6 100
  Month 10 1,777 24.4 23.9 27.0 22.7 1.9 100
  Month 12 1,775 9.4 13.1 28.1 46.0 3.4 100

1Table is based on variables: M5A22A-D, M6A21A-D, M7A21A-D, M9A22A-D, MXA22A-D, MWA21A-D