Table 3 Food items consumed according to the 24 h recall
Food group | Food items | N° consuming the food items | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Breast milk | Breast milk | 605 | 96 |
Grain, roots, tubers, plantains | Rice, sorghum, yam, millet, plantain, cassava, maize, pasta | 444 | 70 |
Pulses | Beans, peas, lentils, cashew nut, sesame, groundnut, sunflower seeds | 358 | 57 |
Dairy products | Processed milk, milk from animals, infant formula, cheese | 16 | 3 |
Flesh foods | Fish, chicken, pork, sheep, goat, liver and other organ meats, duck, beef, lamb, processed meat | 110 | 17 |
Eggs | Eggs | 7 | 1 |
Vitamin-A rich fruits and vegetables | Pumpkin, squash, carrot, orange-flashed sweet potato, sweet potato, dark green leafy vegetables | 204 | 32 |
Other fruits and vegetables | Banana, orange, papaya, manga, massala (Strychnos Spinosa), other seasonal fruit | 101 | 16 |