Table 5 Patient’s eating habits
Group | Age of introduction of water | Age of suspension of breastfeeding | Interval between suspension of breastfeeding and hospitalization | Age of introduction of complementary foods | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 6 months | > 6 months | Not suspended yet | < 6 months | 6–12 months | > 12 months | < 3 months | 3–6 months | > 6 months | Not introduced yet | < 3 months | 3–6 months | > 6 months | |
Patients admitted to UEN (malnourished) | 65% | 35% | 35% | 4% | 27% | 33% | 42% | 11.5% | 10% | 2% | 25% | 23% | 50% |
Patients admitted to pediatrics (not malnourished) | 70% | 30% | 70% | 0 | 13% | 17% | 4% | 4% | 22% | – | 13% | 39% | 48% |