Table 1.

Mean frequency of the consumption of different food types per month.

Type of food consumed	Men				Women
	Rural (n = 161)		Urban (n = 99)		Rural (n = 389)		Urban (n = 320)
	Mean	SDa	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Starchy foods
Porridge, cooked	53.2	26.2	49.4	26.6	49.8	26.6	47.3	26.4
Bread	22.6	21.7	20.0	24.4	26.6	24.8	28.0	26.7
Samp/mealie rice	6.2	6.8	7.0	9.4	6.6	7.1	5.2	7.3
Cereal	3.7	7.1	7.9	14.1	7.8	13.1	8.3	12.1
Liquids/fluids
Tea	37.3	42.8	42.7	36.0	44.1	34.9	53.8	41.7
Full cream milk	36.8	33.1	23.8	27.2	32.4	30.7	25.2	26.4
Coffee	29.9	34.8	27.5	31.5	20.2	26.9	18.7	28.3
Cooldrinks	19.3	29.5	12.0	17.6	20.0	28.3	13.7	19.3
Alcohol	9.1	27.6	10.9	29.2	3.9	14.9	1.4	3.2
Fruit juice	8.4	16.9	6.9	12.8	8.7	16.1	8.2	13.4
Low fat/skim milk	1.5	11.0	1.6	12.2	1.4	7.5	1.4	8.2
High fat content
Margarine/oil/fat	26.7	25.0	25.7	22.5	36.5	29.5	34.7	24.1
Coffee creamer (Cremora)	26.7	36.5	12.5	21.8	22.8	31.2	12.9	25.9
Peanut butter/peanuts	6.5	13.0	7.9	10.8	6.6	12.1	8.0	11.2
Chips/crisps	9.4	13.2	7.2	9.7	10.2	15.4	8.6	11.3
High sugar content
Sugar	62.0	43.7	63.6	44.2	66.4	43.8	73.0	51.2
Cake/biscuits	14.2	27.8	14.2	60.8	19.8	35.4	8.4	13.3
Sweets/chocolates	8.8	18.0	6.1	9.3	11.6	24.5	10.2	17.7
High salt content
Salt/stock	42.6	32.0	36.7	23.7	43.9	32.3	38.7	25.6
Fruit and vegetables
Fruit	26.3	34.3	17.8	20.1	28.4	32.6	19.5	23.5
Vegetables	17.2	16.1	19.9	20.2	18.7	17.4	21.5	19.4
Protein rich foods
Chicken	10.4	9.8	8.4	7.3	12.2	13.3	9.8	10.7
Eggs	10.5	16.9	10.5	15.2	9.0	13.0	9.0	11.6
Fish	6.8	7.6	4.5	7.7	6.0	9.3	3.9	6.7
Soy mince/legumes	6.8	7.2	9.0	12.7	8.5	9.0	7.7	9.7
Red meat	6.6	6.9	4.7	5.6	5.7	7.6	3.9	4.7

^aSD = standard deviation.