TABLE 4.
Learners’ nutrition practices.
| Food items | Consumed |
|
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Percentage | |
| Cereals | ||
| Bread | 166 | 56.3 |
| Rice | 94 | 31.9 |
| Porridge | 83 | 28.1 |
| Samp | 79 | 26.6 |
| Sweet potato | 58 | 19.7 |
| Cassava | 26 | 8.8 |
| Proteins | ||
| Chicken | 149 | 50.5 |
| Milk | 142 | 48.1 |
| Eggs | 139 | 47.0 |
| Yoghurt | 125 | 42.4 |
| Fish | 98 | 33.2 |
| Cheese | 87 | 29.3 |
| Beef | 80 | 27.1 |
| Peanuts | 74 | 25.1 |
| Bean | 63 | 21.4 |
| Jugo beans | 30 | 10.2 |
| Fruits and vegetables | ||
| Apple | 206 | 69.6 |
| Orange | 202 | 68.9 |
| Banana | 160 | 54.2 |
| Onions | 53 | 18.0 |
| Carrots | 51 | 17.4 |
| Tomatoes | 44 | 14.9 |
| Cabbage | 32 | 10.9 |
| Spinach | 31 | 10.5 |
| Drinks and snacks | ||
| Sweets | 215 | 72.6 |
| Biscuits | 205 | 68.8 |
| Chips | 177 | 59.8 |
| Chocolates | 135 | 45.8 |
| Cakes | 128 | 43.4 |
| Juice | 123 | 41.7 |
| Water | 115 | 39.0 |
| Soft drinks | 105 | 35.6 |