TABLE 4.
Intakes of the food groups/items and frequencies of consumption of the food items among the teachers.
| Food group/item | Median (IQR) intake (servings/day) | Frequency of consumption, n (%) |
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| Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Never | ||
| Dairy products | 1.5 (0.9–2.3) | ||||
| Milk, yogurt, and/or dough | 1.0 (0.3–1.0) | 180 (47.9) | 154 (41.0) | 28 (7.4) | 14 (3.7) |
| Cheese | 0.7 (0.2–0.7) | 187 (49.7) | 160 (42.6) | 25 (6.6) | 4 (1.1) |
| Ice cream | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 25 (6.7) | 185 (49.2) | 119 (31.6) | 47 (12.5) |
| Nuts and legumes | 0.5 (0.2–1.1) | ||||
| Nuts | 0.1 (0.1–0.3) | 88 (23.4) | 173 (46.0) | 98 (26.1) | 17 (4.5) |
| Legumes | 0.2 (0.1–0.5) | 71 (18.9) | 275 (73.1) | 29 (7.7) | 1 (0.3) |
| Fruits | 2.0 (1.0–2.0) | 276 (73.4) | 85 (22.6) | 15 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Vegetables | 0.3 (0.1–1.0) | 105 (27.9) | 208 (55.3) | 54 (14.4) | 9 (2.4) |
| Meats and egg | 1.7 (1.4–2.2) | ||||
| Chicken | 0.6 (0.6–0.9) | 32 (8.5) | 321 (85.4) | 17 (4.5) | 6 (1.6) |
| Red meat | 0.3 (0.3–0.6) | 5 (1.3) | 267 (71.0) | 86 (22.9) | 18 (4.8) |
| Seafood | 0.1 (0.1–0.3) | 4 (1.1) | 248 (65.9) | 100 (26.6) | 24 (6.4) |
| Egg | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 98 (26.1) | 256 (68.1) | 20 (5.3) | 2 (0.5) |
| Others | |||||
| Tea and/or coffee | 1.0 (0.6–2.0) | 263 (70.0) | 62 (16.5) | 23 (6.1) | 28 (7.4) |
| Cola | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) | 28 (7.4) | 135 (35.9) | 106 (28.2) | 107 (28.5) |