A Nutrition Education Intervention to Combat Undernutrition: Experience from a Developing Country

Table 2

Change in dietary intake of children aged from 6 months to 8 years, Tando Jam (n 323).

Number of servings	Preintervention mean (SD)	Postintervention mean (SD)	𝑃 value
Number of meals	5.42 (1.20)	6.01 (1.19)	0.000
High starch foods	5.87 (1.99)	6.85 (2.38)	0.000
Animal protein	0.92 (1.14)	1.10 (1.47)	0.158
Plant protein	0.77 (1.01)	0.71 (1.03)	0.510
Dairy foods	1.66 (1.93)	1.69 (1.76)	0.417
Vegetables	0.42 (0.70)	0.66 (0.83)	0.000
Fruits	0.51 (0.90)	0.78 (0.94)	0.000
Tea	1.48 (0.64)	1.51 (0.63)	0.433
Miscellaneous	1.26 (1.31)	1.33 (1.33)	0.384