... 116 (58%) at 6 months, 71 (36%)at 7.5 months, 36 (18%) at 9 months, and 7 (4%) at 12 months. The reason given for introducing complemen-tary feeding before the age of 4 to 6 months was theinfant’s ... weight-for-agepercentile – increased from 3 (8.3%) at 4 months to 5(13.6%) at 5 months, 8 (22.2%) at 6 months, 9 (25%)at 7 months, and 12 (33.3%) at 8 months. Even in well-nourished women, exclusive ... kcalth/kg, 12 kcalth/kg, 9 kcalth/kg and 5 kcalth/kg for the age intervals 3–4 months, 4–5 months, 5–6 months and 6–9 months, respectively (4). To the degree that increased energyrequirements imposed...