Table 2 Mean consumption of food groups for household members who consumed any, and mean dietary diversity score, for each household member
From: Status and determinants of intra-household food allocation in rural Nepal
Pregnant women | Mothers-in-law | Household head | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ate any of the food group | Intake, g, if any consumed | Ate any of the food group | Intake, g, if any consumed | Ate any of the food group | Intake, g, if any consumed | |||||||
Food groupa | n | (%) | Mean | (SD) | n | (%) | Mean | (SD) | n | (%) | Mean | (SD) |
Starchy staples | 150 | (100) | 896 | (319) | 150 | (100) | 886 | (367) | 149 | 99 | 1098 | (427) |
Pulses (beans, peas and lentils) | 143 | (95) | 96 | (57) | 142 | (95) | 96 | (56) | 140 | 93 | 113 | (69) |
Nuts and seeds | 47 | (31) | 6.3 | (21) | 52 | (35) | 6.7 | (13) | 53 | 35 | 6.6 | (20) |
Dairy | 102 | (68) | 257 | (224) | 91 | (61) | 240 | (197) | 109 | 73 | 324 | (272) |
Flesh foods (meat, fish and shellfish) | 49 | (33) | 52 | (53) | 48 | (32) | 57 | (43) | 65 | 43 | 73 | (61) |
Eggs | 27 | (18) | 4.8 | (12) | 30 | (20) | 7.9 | (26) | 42 | 28 | 7.1 | (20) |
Green leafy vegetables | 100 | (67) | 25 | (31) | 103 | (69) | 24 | (29) | 102 | 68 | 22 | (24) |
Other vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables | 103 | (69) | 201 | (239) | 105 | (70) | 226 | (282) | 96 | 64 | 214 | (239) |
Other vegetables | 147 | (98) | 158 | (103) | 150 | (100) | 154 | (95) | 148 | 99 | 189 | (122) |
Other fruits | 40 | (27) | 52 | (47) | 33 | (22) | 55 | (65) | 35 | 23 | 32 | (28) |
Alcohol | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 24 | 16 | 45 | (111) |
% (n) consuming ≥5 groups; mean dietary diversityb | 87 | (58) | 4.6 | (1.2) | 88 | (59) | 4.7 | (1.3) | 93 | 62 | 4.9 | (1.3) |
