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 .

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