At this age, 41 (36%) has started complementary feeding and 45 (39.5%) were practising predominant breastfeeding.
Wording of recall questionnaire "at what age you discontinued EBF?" could provide different results than the other popular method of asking "at what age you started complementary feeding".
Children who met the acceptable diet and having started complementary feeding at six months were considered to have appropriate complementary feeding.
Dietary recall since birth showed that 7% and 0% practiced exclusive breastfeeding by 3 and 6 months, respectively, while 30% and 3% practiced predominant breastfeeding and had not started complementary feeding at the same points in time.
A greater number in the BLISS group introduced iron containing foods to their child when they first started complementary foods (i.e., during week one) compared to the BLW group (78.6 vs. 22.3 %; P = 0.007).
Compared to children who were introduced to complementary either late or early, children who started complementary at six months of age were 25%% protected from chronic malnutrition (AOR = 0.75, CI = 0.50 - 0.95, P = 0.02).
Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that compared to children who were introduced to complementary feeding either late or early, children who started complementary feeding at six months of age were 25%% protected from chronic malnutrition (AOR = 0.75, CI = 0.50 - 0.95, P = 0.02).
