TABLE 3.

Frequency of consumption of different food groups before and during participation in VSL.

Type of food	Times per week before women’s participation in VSL (%)			Times per week during women’s participation in VSL (%)
	0–2 times	3–5 times	6–7 times	0–2 times	3–5 times	6–7 times
Cereals	2	35	63	-	-	100
Meat	73	27	0	7	85	8
Vegetables	7	13	80	-	2	98
Eggs	87	13	0	10	72	18
Legumes, nuts and seeds	55	45	0	2	85	13
Fats and oils	48	18	34	-	18	82
Milk and milk products	73	14	13	13	40	47
White tubers and roots	58	42	0	-	87	13

VSL, village savings and loan.