Table 1.

Different food groups for calculating mothers' dietary diversity.

Food Group	Food items
Starchy staples	Corn/maize, rice, wheat, sorghum, millet or any other grains or foods made from these, potatoes, yam, or other foods made from roots
Leafy vegetables	Dark green leafy vegetables like jute leaf, spinach etc.
Vitamin A-Rich fruits and vegetables	pumpkin, carrot, or sweet potato that are orange inside + other Vitamin A rich vegetables (e.g., red sweet pepper)
	ripe mango, ripe papaya, and 100% fruit juice made from these + other locally available vitamin A rich fruits
Other fruits and vegetables	Other vegetables (e.g., tomato, onion, eggplant) + other locally available vegetables
	Other fruits, including wild fruits and 100% fruit juice made from these
Organ meat	Liver, stomach
Meat and fish	Beef, lamb, goat, chicken, duck, other birds, fish, dry fish
Eggs	Eggs
Legume, nuts and seeds	Beans, peas, lentils, nuts, seeds or foods made from these
Milk and milk products	Milk, yogurt or other milk products

Source: FAO [30].