Table 1.

Food grouping used in the factor analysis

Number	Food Groups	Example of food items
1	Swallow	Semo, Eba, Amala, Wheat, Fufu, Poundo yam
2	Legumes	Beans Porridge, Cowpea(Feregede), Bean Soup (Gbegiri), Beans Cake (Akara), Ekuru, Moinmoi
3	Starchy roots and tubers	Yam, yam porridge, cocoyam, sweet potatoes, cassava, Cassava flakes
4	Cereals and products	Spaghetti(Pasta), corn pap, Eko, Oats, Golden morn, corn flakes
5	Breads	White bread, coconut bread
6	Red meat	Beef, Pork, Chevon, Suya
7	White meat	Chicken, Turkey
8	Rice	White rice, jollof rice, fried rice, Ofada rice
9	Fruits	Pawpaw, Watermelon, Pineapple, Orange, Guava, Tangerine, Cucumber, Avocado Pear, Grapefruit, Mangoes, Banana, Coconut, African Cherry (Agbalumo), Apples
10	Vegetable	Carrot, Garden Egg, Cabbage, Vegetable Soup, Pepper And Tomato Stew, Okro, Corn, Ewedu, Egusi, Pumpkin, Mushroom
11	Oil and fats	Butter, Mayonnaise, Vegetable oil, Palm oil
12	Fish	All kinds of fish
13	Eggs	Eggs
14	Milk and related products	Cream Milk, Soya Milk, Yoghurts, Ice Cream, Powdered Milk
15	Beverages	Tea, Coffee, Bournvita/milo, fruit juice
16	Carbonated drinks	Coke, Fanta, malt etc.
17	Confectionaries	Cake, Puff Puff/buns/donut, Chinchin, Sharwama, Pizza, Burger, Chocolate Bar, Meat Pie, Fish Pie, Pop Corn,