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

Table 3

Change in dietary intake of children aged 6 months to 8 years Quetta (n 263).

Number of servings	Preintervention mean (SD)	Postintervention mean (SD)	𝑃 value
Number of meals	6.71 (1.72)	6.94 (1.92)	0.025
High starch	3.46 (1.79)	3.58 (1.62)	0.288
Animal protein	0.62 (0.839)	0.70 (0.95)	0.277
Plant protein	1.52 (1.23)	1.26 (1.23)	0.005
Dairy foods	0.78 (1.40)	0.93 (1.67)	0.041
Vegetables	0.36 (0.50)	0.45 (0.62)	0.026
Fruits	0.79 (0.80)	0.89 (0.95)	0.283
Tea	1.97 (1.16)	2.01 (1.17)	0.330
Miscellaneous	0.38 (0.75)	0.33 (0.77)	0.317