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 |