Research Article

Behavioural Risk Factors of Noncommunicable Diseases among Nepalese Urban Poor: A Descriptive Study from a Slum Area of Kathmandu

Table 2

Fruit and vegetable consumption in the study population ( ). One serving of fruit means one medium-sized piece of fruit (banana, apple, etc.) or half cup of raw, cooked or canned fruit, or a half cup of juice from a fruit (not artificially flavoured). One serving of vegetable is one cup of raw, leafy green vegetables, (spinach, salad, etc.), one half cup of other vegetables, cooked or raw (tomatoes, pumpkin, beans, etc.), or half cup of vegetable juice.

MaleFemaleTotal
% % %

Fruit consumption
Days/week
 06021.27919.513920.2
 1–318164.027267.045365.7
 4–62910.24210.37110.3
 7134.6133.2263.8
 Mean (SD)1.96 (1.76)1.94 (1.66)1.95 (1.70)
Servings/day
 06021.27919.513920.2
 1-220472.131276.851674.9
 ≥3196.7153.7344.9
 Mean (SD)1.08 (0.81)1.03 (0.72)1.05 (0.76)

Vegetable consumption
Days/week
 041.492.2131.9
 1–3269.2389.4649.3
 4–68229.010425.418627.0
 717160.425562.842661.8
 Mean (SD)6.01 (1.59)5.95 (1.72)5.98 (1.67)
Servings/day
 041.492.2131.9
 1-225088.335487.260487.7
 ≥32910.24310.67210.4
 Mean (SD)1.80 (0.84)1.73 (0.97)1.76 (0.92)

Combined fruit and vegetable
Servings
 <525690.537993.363592.2
 ≥5279.5276.7547.8
 Mean (SD)2.88 (1.32)2.76 (1.33)2.81 (1.33)

SD: standard deviation.