Table 5.
Foods Consumed to Construct CoNA Diet Plans in Tanzania, Jan 2011–Dec 2015
| Food Item | 2011–2015 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean g/day | Pct. of months | Mean g/day | Pct. of months | Mean g/day | Pct. of months | Mean g/day | Pct. of months | Mean g/day | Pct. of months | Mean g/day | Pct. of months | |
| Cabbages | 25 | 80% | 14 | 33% | 24 | 67% | 34 | 100% | 26 | 100% | 27 | 100% |
| Cassava flour | 0.1 | 7% | – | – | 1 | 33% | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cooking oil | 9.2 | 32% | 29 | 100% | 12 | 42% | – | – | – | – | 4 | 17% |
| Dried sardines | 14 | 100% | 14 | 100% | 14 | 100% | 14 | 100% | 14 | 100% | 14 | 100% |
| Mchicha (amaranth) | 197 | 100% | 263 | 100% | 203 | 100% | 143 | 100% | 188 | 100% | 187 | 100% |
| Groundnuts | 89 | 68% | – | – | 74 | 58% | 127 | 100% | 131 | 100% | 111 | 83% |
| Soybeans | 92 | 78% | 69 | 100% | 91 | 92% | 122 | 83% | 85 | 58% | 92 | 58% |
| White Maize | 255 | 100% | 369 | 100% | 269 | 100% | 183 | 100% | 219 | 100% | 232 | 100% |
Note: Data shown are mean intake (g/day) and intake frequency (percent of days) for lowest-cost diets that reach the estimated average requirement (EAR) of essential nutrients for an adult woman of 55 kg at an energy level of 2,000 kcal/day.