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. 2021 Sep 23;16(2):217–232. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2022.16.2.217

Table 8. Top 30 food items commonly consumed by children at baseline and endline.

Rank Baseline Endline
Food item Percent consuming out of total subjects Food item Percent consuming out of total subjects
1 Rice, well-milled 100.0 Rice, well-milled 100.0
2 Oil, coconut 92.3 Oil, coconut 94.7
3 Egg, chicken, whole 72.9 Egg, chicken, whole 67.3
4 Milk, powder, filled, instant 38.3 Chicken, white meat 34.8
5 Sausage, hotdog 35.4 Milk, powder, filled, instant 34.2
6 Bread, pan de sal 31.0 Bread, pan de sal 32.4
7 Scad, round 28.0 Carrot 32.2
8 Bread, hotdog roll 27.4 Scad, round 31.9
9 Pork Boston butt, lean 25.7 Sausage, hotdog 31.6
10 Tilapia 25.1 Pork Boston butt, lean 30.1
11 String/Yard long bean pod, green 24.5 Saging, gloria 29.5
12 Coffee, creamer & sugar (3 in 1) 23.9 Cabbage, green 28.9
13 Sugar, washed 23.3 Bread, hotdog roll 27.4
14 Carrot 22.4 Horseradish tree leaves 27.1
15 Cake, chocolate 19.5 String/Yard long bean pod, green 26.0
16 Horseradish tree leaves 19.5 Tilapia 24.8
17 Choc-flavor energy drink, powder (milo), vegetable source 18.6 Sugar, washed 22.4
18 Choc-flavor energy drink, powder, fortified 18.6 Chayote fruit 22.4
19 Cabbage, green 18.3 Choc-flavor energy drink, powder, fortified 22.1
20 Potato 15.9 Choc-flavor energy drink, powder (milo), vegetable source 21.8
21 Chicken, white meat 15.6 Coffee, creamer & sugar (3 in 1) 20.6
22 Pork belly, more fat 15.3 Potato 20.4
23 Swamp cabbage leaves 14.2 Squash fruit 18.6
24 Chicken breast 14.2 Milkfish 14.2
25 Squash fruit 13.9 Cake, chocolate 13.0
26 Cookies, sandwich type, cream-filled 12.4 Spring roll wrapper, plain 11.5
27 Mung bean seed, green, dried 12.1 Swamp cabbage leaves 11.5
28 Pork belly, less fat 12.1 Pork belly, more fat 11.5
29 Soft drink, cola 11.8 Eggplant 11.2
30 Cracker, salted, round 11.5 Banana, saba 11.2