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Table 4 Description of family and infant characteristics

From: Parents' beliefs about appropriate infant size, growth and feeding behaviour: implications for the prevention of childhood obesity

Number of children in family

 

   Mode

1

   Range

1-5

Age of infant (in months)

 

   Mean

5.51

   Range

1-11

Gender of infant

 

   Female

16 (42.1%)

   Male

22 (57.9%)

Breast fed (at all)

 

   No

11(28.9%)

   Yes

27 (71.1%)

Length of time breast fed in months (n = 27)

 

   Mean (SD)

4.48 (2.58)

   Range

1-10