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. 2018 Feb 1;21(8):1529–1537. doi: 10.1017/S136898001700386X

Table 2.

Mean daily servings of thirty-seven food groups, by site and sex, in the study population of women and men from four sites across three sub-Saharan African countries, 2011

Peri-Urban Uganda Rural Uganda South Africa Tanzania
Food group Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
Cereals 2·85 2·52 1·11 2·38 1·11 1·77 1·24 0·93
Starchy roots 2·30 1·79 0·55 3·42 0·55 0·66 0·58 1·07
Plantains 1·88 2·91 0·00 4·09 0·00 0·00 0·34 0·42
Refined grains 1·56 1·68 1·53 0·17 1·53 1·66 0·44 0·70
Desserts 0·66 0·72 0·54 0·28 0·54 0·78 1·29 0·63
Fruit 2·07 2·21 2·17 0·99 2·17 3·45 4·13 6·43
Other vegetables 4·23 4·35 2·03 1·15 2·03 4·07 5·22 6·95
Fruit juice 0·36 0·28 0·34 0·00 0·34 0·86 0·21 1·11
Beans 2·33 1·68 0·27 0·83 0·27 0·41 2·13 2·46
Nuts 0·57 0·51 0·19 0·16 0·19 0·22 0·49 0·59
Tomato 2·26 2·32 0·53 0·82 0·53 1·01 1·99 2·55
Root vegetables 0·35 0·40 0·36 0·02 0·36 0·79 0·81 1·63
Red meat 0·77 0·56 0·80 0·24 0·80 0·83 0·50 0·73
Organ meat 0·13 0·10 0·04 0·01 0·04 0·08 0·16 0·21
Poultry 0·13 0·07 0·38 0·00 0·38 0·46 0·06 0·06
Cold cuts 0·03 0·03 0·50 0·00 0·50 0·69 0·11 0·13
Dried fish 0·16 0·17 0·02 0·33 0·02 0·02 0·07 0·15
Canned fish 0·03 0·03 0·25 0·00 0·25 0·41 0·05 0·16
Fresh fish 0·23 0·21 0·15 0·25 0·15 0·24 0·17 0·25
Eggs 0·45 0·43 0·26 0·04 0·26 0·32 0·09 0·14
Full-fat milk 0·34 0·15 0·32 0·03 0·32 0·54 0·11 0·19
Low-fat milk 0·12 0·10 0·47 0·08 0·47 0·91 0·32 0·27
Yoghurt 0·11 0·15 0·39 0·00 0·39 0·71 0·14 0·21
Cheese and other 0·42 0·49 0·36 0·22 0·36 0·51 0·55 0·56
Tea 2·55 2·23 1·23 0·47 1·23 1·60 1·43 1·09
Coffee 0·89 0·34 1·14 0·01 1·14 1·11 0·17 0·14
Soda 0·36 0·24 0·43 0·03 0·43 0·53 0·47 0·42
Diet soda 0·22 0·15 0·19 0·00 0·19 0·25 0·10 0·13
Coconut milk 0·00 0·02 0·00 0·00 0·00 0·01 0·08 0·16
Alcohol 0·37 0·10 0·49 0·09 0·49 0·10 0·08 0·07
Sugar 1·95 2·45 2·23 0·85 2·23 1·53 0·76 0·90
Peanut butter 0·04 0·05 0·30 0·00 0·30 0·23 0·03 0·08
Dressing 0·02 0·02 0·26 0·00 0·26 0·38 0·01 0·04
Sweets 0·02 0·07 0·35 0·00 0·35 0·51 0·11 0·12
Chips 0·20 0·17 0·36 0·00 0·36 0·50 0·19 0·28
Spread 0·06 0·09 0·35 0·03 0·35 0·50 0·07 0·13
Margarine 0·37 0·20 0·72 0·00 0·73 0·92 0·01 0·04