TABLE 2.

Average composition and cost of diets (in grams per adult male equivalent per day)

	Among households with high adherence								Simulated diet
	Modern	Traditional	Winter	Festival	Summer	Monotonous	Spices	No pattern	Poverty basket	Dietary guidelines
Food groups (g)
Starches	651	788	776	765	739	811	788	663	464	500
Pulses	24	33	18	31	24	21	21	18	40	50
Fish	49	56	38	54	37	45	36	25	48	60
Eggs	8	8	5	9	6	4	5	2	0	30
Meat	33	16	18	25	17	9	13	7	12	40
Vegetables	198	190	216	201	192	210	209	108	150	300
Fruits	43	27	16	48	68	31	23	7	20	100
Dairy	57	40	38	80	58	31	51	16	58	130
Oil	30	22	18	22	19	17	19	9	20	30
Spices	50	59	47	43	44	47	56	28	0	20
Sweets	20	18	18	37	15	14	14	7	20	20
Beverages	45	27	34	34	31	27	12	12	0	0
Energy (kcal)
Mean	2777	3185	2967	3204	2937	3118	3030	2468	2109	2429
25th percentile	2371	2697	2517	2742	2499	2683	2588	2110	2095	2408
50th percentile	2729	3102	2908	3111	2854	3033	2944	2431	2105	2426
75th percentile	3103	3610	3336	3605	3299	3472	3397	2780	2118	2446
Weight (g)
Mean	1207	1283	1242	1348	1249	1267	1250	903	832	1280
25th percentile	1007	1074	1053	1148	1049	1077	1058	783
50th percentile	1170	1245	1201	1314	1210	1230	1214	894
75th percentile	1363	1450	1392	1509	1408	1413	1400	1013
Monthly cost (BDT)1
Mean	3121	2314	2189	2876	2328	2031	2129	1395	1163	1880
25th percentile	1899	1449	1391	1770	1463	1398	1372	995	1086	1750
50th percentile	2539	1911	1830	2319	1930	1775	1800	1250	1152	1860
75th percentile	3625	2638	2531	3295	2703	2324	2427	1603	1228	1987

¹BDT, Bangladesh taka in 2010. ∼80 BDT to 1 USD.