Table 3 Frequency of consumption of twelve food groups among adults 18–64 years of age, Hawassa city, Ethiopia, 2015
Food groups | % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
> once/day | Once/day | 3–6 times/wk | 1–2 times/wk | 1–2 times/mo | < once/mo | |
Cereals | 3.6 | 96.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Oil and fat | 14.9 | 85.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Legumes | 1.2 | 64.1 | 16.2 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 3.1 |
Roots and tubers | 6.3 | 37.8 | 27.1 | 24.2 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
Dairy | 0.0 | 33.6 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 13.0 | 11.1 |
Fruits | 0.0 | 31.3 | 35.1 | 33.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Meat | 15.8 | 28.6 | 17.7 | 18.7 | 16.6 | 2.5 |
Vegetables | 0.0 | 22.3 | 18.3 | 27.9 | 31.5 | 0.0 |
Fish | 0.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 36.5 | 33.6 |
Eggs | 0.0 | 21.4 | 21.6 | 28.1 | 29.0 | 0.0 |
Sweets and sugar | 0.0 | 21.5 | 27.4 | 26.9 | 24.0 | 0.0 |
Coffee and tea | 23.3 | 16.8 | 23.7 | 20.4 | 13.9 | 1.9 |