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. 2024 Aug 8;10(16):e35844. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35844

Table 1.

Distribution of food items by group and weight.

No Food groups Weight
1 Cereals (bread, rice, maize, barley) and tubers (potatoes, sweet potatoes) 2
2 Pulses and nuts (beans, lentils, peas, peanuts, etc.) 3
3 Vegetables 1
4 Fruits 1
5 Meat and fish (all types) 4
6 Dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese, other milk products) 4
7 Sugar, honey 0.5
8 Oil, fat, butter 0.5
9 Condiments/Spices (tea, coffee/cocoa, salt, garlic, spices, yeast/baking powder, tomato/sauce, meat or fish as a condiment, condiments including a small amount of milk/tea coffee.) 0.5