Research Article
High Prevalence of Undernutrition among Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Feeding practices of children aged 6–59 months, Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia
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| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
| Prelacteal feeding | | | Yes | 58 | 8.2 | No | 649 | 91.8 | Initiation of breast-feeding | | | Within one hour | 532 | 75.2 | More than one hour | 175 | 24.8 | Children being breast-fed | | | Yes | 301 | 42.6 | No | 406 | 57.4 | Exclusively breast-fed | | | No | 130 | 18.4 | Yes | 577 | 81.6 | Reasons not to be exclusively breast-fed (130) | | | Work related | 16 | 12.3 | Medical problem | 4 | 3.1 | Formula feeding has advantage | 5 | 3.8 | Maternal perception | 25 | 19.2 | Not having enough milk | 42 | 32.3 | Lack of family support | 27 | 20.8 | Not to breast-feed | 11 | 8.5 | Frequency of complementary feeding | | | Less than 3 times per day | 27 | 3.8 | 3–5 times per day | 541 | 76.5 | More than five times per day | 139 | 19.7 | Material used for complementary feeding | | | Bottle | 41 | 5.8 | Cup | 46 | 6.5 | Spoon | 218 | 30.8 | Fork | 14 | 2.0 | Mother hand | 137 | 19.4 | His/her hand | 430 | 60.8 |
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