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

Table 6

Food frequency and weight (grams) consumed by mothers in Monze.

Food type		Mean ± SD	Median	Min	Max	CV
Cereals and cereal-based products
Nshima	177	650.2 ± 288.28	686	10	1890	44.3
Porridge	24	505.9 ± 213.33	541.5	141	915	42.2
Rice	13	416.9 ± 198.26	356	129	890	47.6
Magwaza	10	314.9 ± 217.79	234	153	833	69.2
Cheele	37	493.2 ± 232.12	468	109	1036	47.1
Legumes and legume products
Beans	48	208.2 ± 76.00	189	62	412	36.5
Fruits and vegetables
Samp	119	515.5 ± 235.54	499	80	1300	45.7
Rape	68	128.1 ± 56.03	110.5	50	310	43.7
Okra	59	145.1 ± 69.53	134	39	438	47.9
Rape relish	45	128.7 ± 94.63	110	37	630	73.5
Cabbage relish	41	146.1 ± 76.25	125	47	348	52.2
Pumpkin leaves	34	183.9 ± 145.12	150	70	901	78.9
Cabbage	26	163.9 ± 79.76	132.5	37	306	48.7
Amaranthus	24	163.9 ± 80.87	142	67	383	49.3
Vegetable relish	19	170.4 ± 84.36	170	17	321	49.5
Black jack	11	153.4 ± 47.01	169	80	227	30.7
Okra relish	11	219.4 ± 105.81	207	84	418	48.2
Chiyuniyuni	11	141.5 ± 37.78	137	86	213	26.7
Drinks
Sweet beer	82	568.5 ± 330.21	469	67	1815	58.1
Chibwantu drink	14	671.6 ± 405.68	513.5	363	1600	60.4
Meat and fish products
Kapenta	21	62.8 ± 40.38	50	29	210	64.3
Fish	18	152.8 ± 145.76	104	25	510	95.4
Chicken	13	133.6 ± 65.37	117	54	256	48.9
Fish relish	11	116.5 ± 109.57	55	21	346	94

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