Table 2 Food groups fed by grandmothers and mothers to under 5 years-old children

Fruits

None reported

Various reported, but not near the top of the lists. Bananas and oranges were reported most (15%).

Vegetables

Several at the top of the list with high salience: zucchini, collard greens, and “arracacha” (Arracacia xanthorriza).

Between 56 and 68% reported.

Few reported, only 30% mentioned peas but with low salience.

Cereals

In addition to corn (92%), wheat (40%) and barley (36%) were reported. The latter two with low salience.

In addition to rice (88.5%), bread was reported (36%). Corn was not near the top of the list, with 15% reporting and low salience. Barley was among the last on the list. Wheat not reported. Oatmeal reported but by less than 8%.

Meat

Little reporting of meat (4%), only “cuy” (28%) but with low salience, likewise for hens. Sixth to seventh position.

Meat was reported (34%). Chicken, hens, and sardines reported by less than 19%, with low salience. Fifth to sixth position.

Legumes

Only beans (48%) and similar foods such as fava beans and “chirilla” beans. Higher salience in sixth position.

Beans (42%) and lentils (19%) with low salience and between sixth and seventh positions.

Drinks

Cow milk and “aguapanela” equally reported (32%) though the latter had a higher salience. “Chicha” and cow milk given the same position, though the latter had a lower salience and was reported less (24%).

Cow milk mentioned by only 11% with a lower salience than coffee, which was reported by 42%, followed by “aguapanela” (34.6%). Both with a higher salience and in higher positions than cow milk.

Eggs

Eggs reported by 16% and had a lower salience than cow milk.

Eggs reported by 50% and had a higher salience than cow milk.