Table 2.

Daily food group intake amounts: absolute and by diet diversity score^†

	Intake amounts (g)				Intakes≥minimum amounts (%)
Food group	50th pct.	90th pct.	Mean	sd	DDS-1	DDS-15	DDSRDA	DDS50pct	DDS90pct
Cereal/tubers	450	885	515	289	100	100	75	50	10
DGLV	13	93	33	47	54	48	1	50	10
VAFV	0	21	20	79	16	11	7	18‡	10
VCFV	1	254	101	218	50	47	42	50	10
OFV	3	181	51	101	79	32	3	50	10
Dairy	61	218	88	107	72	72	2	50	10
MFPE	0	15	7	38	11	10	9	16‡	10
Legumes/nuts	76	186	91	80	88	86	85	50	10

pct., percentile; DDS, diet diversity score; DDS-1, minimum intake of 1 g of food per food group; DDS-15, minimum intake of 15 g of food per food group; DDS_RDA, minimum intake based on children’s RDA; DDS_50pct, minimum intake based on median food group intake level; DDS_90pct, minimum intake based on 90th percentile food group intake level; DGLV, dark-green leafy vegetables; VAFV, vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables; VCFV, vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables; OFV, other fruits and vegetables; MFPE, meat–fish–poultry–eggs.

^†Intakes based on 1544 d of dietary data from 529 rural Kenyan schoolchildren, mean age 7·00 (sd 1·41) years.

^‡The median intake for VAFV and MFPE were both at 0 g. The values represent percentage of intakes above 0 g for these two food groups.