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Table 3 The recommended values and actual intake of foods in lactating mothers

From: Dietary intake in lactating mothers in China 2018: report of a survey

Food categories

Total (n = 954)

Urban (n = 514)

Rural (n = 440)

Rec

Below reca

Above recb

Recc

Below reca

Above recb

Recc

Below reca

Above recb

Recc

Cereal and their products, potatoes and beans other than soybeans (g/d)

579 (60.7)

241 (25.3)

134 (14)

326 (63.4)

120 (23.3)

68 (13.2)

253 (57.5)

121 (27.5)

66 (15)

300–350

Potatoes (g/d)

794 (83.2)

88 (9.2)

72 (7.5)

422 (82.1)

53 (10.3)

39 (7.6)

372 (84.5)

35 (8)

33 (7.5)

75–100

Vegetables (g/d)

886 (92.9)

35 (3.7)

33 (3.5)

471 (91.6)

23 (4.5)

20 (3.9)

415 (94.3)

12 (2.7)

13 (3)

400–500

Green leafy vegetables and colored vegetables such as red and yellow (g/d)

607 (63.6)

74 (7.8)

273 (28.6)

317 (61.7)

35 (6.8)

162 (31.5)

290 (65.9)

39 (8.9)

111 (25.2)

200–400

Fruits (g/d)

901 (94.4)

14 (1.5)

39 (4.1)

475 (92.4)

10 (1.9)

29 (5.6)

426 (96.8)

4 (0.9)

10 (2.3)

250–350

Livestock meat, poultry, fish, shrimp, shellfish and egg (g/d)

527 (55.2)

295 (30.9)

132 (13.8)

255 (49.6)

180 (35)

79 (15.4)

272 (61.8)

115 (26.1)

53 (12)

200–250

Livestock meat and poultry (g/d)

335 (35.1)

498 (52.2)

121 (12.7)

156 (30.4)

285 (55.4)

73 (14.2)

179 (40.7)

213 (48.4)

48 (10.9)

75–100

Fish, shrimp and shellfish (g/d)

788 (82.6)

111 (11.6)

55 (5.8)

416 (80.9)

67 (13)

31 (6)

372 (84.5)

44 (10)

24 (5.5)

75–100

Egg (g/d)

520 (54.5)

434 (45.5)

–

261 (50.8)

253 (49.2)

–

259 (58.9)

181 (41.1)

–

50

Milk and its products (g/d)

823 (86.3)

20 (2.1)

111 (11.6)

422 (82.1)

16 (3.1)

76 (14.8)

401 (91.1)

4 (0.9)

35 (8)

300–500

Soybean and its products (g/d)

854 (89.5)

100 (10.5)

–

456 (88.7)

58 (11.3)

–

398 (90.5)

42 (9.5)

–

25

Nuts (g/d)

699 (73.3)

255 (26.7)

–

384 (74.7)

130 (25.3)

–

315 (71.6)

125 (28.4)

–

10

Cooking oil (g/d)

175 (18.3)

373 (39.1)

406 (42.6)

82 (16)

233 (45.3)

199 (38.7)

93 (21.1)

140 (31.8)

207 (47)

25–30

Water (ml/d)

853 (89.4)

69 (7.2)

32 (3.4)

468 (91.1)

27 (5.3)

19 (3.7)

385 (87.5)

42 (9.5)

13 (3)

2100–2300

  1. Shown is the comparison of the recommended values and actual intake of foods from different categories in lactating mothers from rural and urban areas of China in 2018
  2. Data have been presented as number and percentage (n (%))
  3. Rec recommended value
  4. aBelow rec: number and percentage of study participants whose food intakes are lower than the recommended value
  5. bAbove rec: number and percentage of study participants whose food intakes are higher than the recommended value
  6. cRec: number and percentage of study participants whose food intakes are within the recommended value