Assessment of Dietary Diversity of Mothers and Children of 6–24 Months from Eastern and Southern Provinces of Zambia

Table 3

Food frequency and weight (grams) of foods consumed by children in Chipata.

Food type		Mean ± SD	Median	Min.	Max.	CV
Cereals and cereal-based products
Nshima	214	130.1 ± 82.86	117	6	764	63.7
Porridge (maize)	209	150.7 ± 81.56	132	32	552	54.1
Buns	40	44.1 ± 35.15	35	0.9	148	79.7
Rice	23	123.7 ± 77.12	109	19	348	62.3
Samp	19	92.3 ± 52.18	95	21	214	56.5
Fresh maize	10	56.2 ± 34.24	47.5	15	124	60.9
Fritter	14	41.9 ± 20.4	36.5	19	88	48.7
Legumes and legume-based products
Beans	50	71.3 ± 43.34	62	16	214	60.8
Soya pieces	26	80.6 ± 67.56	68	10	330	83.8
Starchy roots and tubers
Cassava	13	84.5 ± 43.57	72	20	163	51.5
Sweet potato	11	128.3 ± 150.38	57	20	450	117.2
Fruits and vegetables
Pumpkin leaves	137	88.5 ± 89.36	57	4	691	101
Rape relish	84	45.9 ± 49.23	30	9	356	107.2
Rape	35	82 ± 72.23	48	15	313	88.1
Cabbage relish	28	46.8 ± 40.77	38	10	205	87.2
Cabbage	24	52 ± 31.51	44	13	137	60.6
Okra	24	70.7 ± 53.68	54.5	15	245	75.9
Rape soup	13	64 ± 46.69	59	13	184	73
Vegetable relish	10	38 ± 13.15	41.5	17	56	34.6
Banana	10	65.9 ± 51.06	54.5	15	155	77.5
Meat and fish products
Kapenta	21	55.4 ± 59.13	33	9	250	106.7
Chicken	16	42.6 ± 31.79	40.5	9	135	74.7
Eggs and egg products
Egg	12	41.3 ± 23.46	39	11	84	56.9
Drinks
Sweet beer	71	168 ± 79.28	154	43	501	47.2
Soft drinks	57	139.5 ± 83.57	120	10	402	59.9
Tea	15	196.2 ± 104.58	150	84	445	53.3
Milk and milk products
Breast milk	18	38.8 ± 26.21	30	10	96	67.6
Sour milk	12	138.3 ± 70.4	126.5	73	320	50.9

The cutoff point of the frequency is 10 (accounts for 95% of food commonly consumed).