Table 3.
Food choices
| Q) How often in the last year have you consumed the following foods during the period of course? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series No. | Item | Fresh fruits | Raw vegetables | Cooked vegetables | Cakes and ice creams | Pasta | Rice | Meat and poultry | Fish | Dairy | Eggs | Chips | Breads | Cereals/pulses | Pizza | Snacks | Packaged/ready foods | Fruit juice | Beer/wine | Soft/fizzy drinks | Coffee/tea | Sauces (mayonnaise/ketchup etc.) |
| 1 | Never | 11 (2.17) |
112 (22) |
11 (2) |
50 (10) |
126 (25) |
21 (4) |
338 (67) |
418 (82) |
55 (11) |
272 (54) |
73 (14) |
57 (11) |
32 (6) |
118 (23) |
46 (9) |
110 (22) |
41 (8) |
433 (86) |
153 (30) |
70 (14) |
118 (23) |
| 2 | 1-3 Times a month | 109 (21.50) |
126 (25) |
40 (8) |
257 (51) |
270 (53) |
105 (21) |
86 (17) |
61 (12) |
76 (15) |
88 (17) |
196 (39) |
220 (43) |
74 (15) |
287 (57) |
186 (37) |
196 (39) |
168 (33) |
53 (10) |
207 (41) |
107 (21) |
205 (41) |
| 3 | 1-2 Times a week | 104 (20.50) |
95 (19) |
44 (9) |
129 (25) |
77 (15) |
148 (29) |
46 (9) |
15 (3) |
65 (13) |
62 (12) |
124 (24.50) |
115 (23) |
107 (21) |
64 (12) |
135 (26) |
107 (21) |
135 (27) |
7 (1) |
86 (17) |
75 (15) |
82 (16) |
| 4 | 3-4 Times a week | 87 (17) |
68 (13.40) |
33 (6) |
44 (9) |
8 (1.50) |
75 (15) |
18 (3.50) |
4 (0.79) |
33 (6.50) |
32 (6.30) |
51 (10) |
46 (9) |
76 (15) |
17 (3.30) |
51 (10.0) |
39 (7.70) |
64 (12.60) |
3 (0.59) |
26 (5.10) |
42 (8.0) |
42 (8.30) |
| 5 | 5-6 Times a week | 51 (10) |
36 (7) |
39 (8) |
15 (3) |
19 (4) |
32 (6) |
12 (2.30) |
4 (0.79) |
33 (6.50) |
18 (3.50) |
33 (6.50) |
37 (7.30) |
60 (12) |
14 (3) |
24 (5) |
26 (5) |
40 (8) |
4 (1) |
13 (3) |
35 (7) |
22 (4) |
| 6 | Everyday | 127 (25) |
58 (11) |
258 (51) |
5 (1) |
4 (0.70) |
91 (18) |
5 (1) |
1 (0.19) |
176 (35) |
26 (5.10) |
19 (4) |
24 (5) |
115 (23) |
3 (0.50) |
45 (9.0) |
19 (3.70) |
46 (9.0) |
3 (0.59) |
17 (3.0) |
110 (22.0) |
26 (5.0) |
| 7 | More than once a day | 17 (3.30) |
11 (2) |
81 (16) |
6 (1) |
2 (0.39) |
34 (7) |
1 (0.19) |
3 (0.59) |
68 (13) |
8 (1.50) |
10 (2) |
7 (1) |
42 (8) |
3 (0.50) |
19 (4.0) |
9 (2.0) |
12 (2.30) |
3 (0.59) |
4 (0.79) |
67 (13.0) |
11 (2.0) |
*Values are presented as number (%).