Table 3.

Habit of Diet of the Study Participants (n=387)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Datta eating	Yes	148	38.2
	No	239	61.8
Datta eating frequency	Daily	105	71.0
	Once a week	40	27.0
	Sometimes	3	2.0
Coffee drinking	Yes	186	48.1
	No	201	51.9
Frequency of coffee drinking	Daily	62	33.3
	Once a week	67	36.0
	2–3 times a week	56	30.1
	Sometimes	1	0.6
Ginger tea	Yes	134	34.6
	No	253	65.4
Frequency of ginger tea	Daily	14	10.9
	Once a week	12	9.0
	2–3 times a week	97	72.4
	Sometimes	11	8.2
Types of food consumed	Vegetables	180	46.5
	Meat	51	13.2
	Cereals	89	23.0
	Vegetables and cereals	52	13.4
	Cereals and meat	15	3.9
Fruit Consumption	Yes	201	51.9
	No	186	48.1
Frequency of fruit consumption	Daily	50	24.9
	Once a week	81	40.3
	2–3 times a week	68	33.8
	Sometimes	2	1.0