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Table 3 Children’s dietary diversity and meal frequency

From: How is perceived community cohesion and membership in community groups associated with children’s dietary adequacy in disadvantaged communities? A case of the Indian Sundarbans

Dietary diversity food groups

Percentage of children having food from the group (%)

Grain, roots, tubers

97.18

Vitamin A rich fruit and vegetable

42.08

Flesh food

38.50

Dairy products

19.96

Other fruit and vegetable

19.09

Legumes & nuts

11.93

Egg

4.34

Oil and fats

0.43

Meal frequency

Mean number of meals per day (standard deviation)

Children 6–8 months breastfeeding

3.41 (1.18)

Children 9–23 months breastfeeding

3.41 (1.18)

Children 6–23 months non breastfeeding

3.71 (1.08)

Children more than 23 months

3.71 (1.01)

Children 6–71 months

3.50 (1.15)

Children 6–71 months with minimum acceptable diet (%)

9.33