Moderate and Severe Level of Food Insecurity Is Associated with High Calorie-Dense Food Consumption of Filipino Households

Table 3

FCS of the standard food group and current standard weights by the World Food Programme (WFP)¹.

	Food items (examples)	Food groups (definitive)	Weight (definitive)
1	Rice, bread, noodles, biscuits, cookies, or any rice and cereal products like biko, suman (malagkit), puto, noodles/pasta, porridge (arrozcaldo/champorado), and others; Cassava, potatoes and sweet potatoes, other tubers, and plantains	Main staples	2
2	Beans, peas, lentils, nuts, seeds, or foods made from these like pork and beans, guisantes de lata, and others	Pulses	3
3	Vegetables, leaves	Vegetables	1
4	Fruits	Fruits	1
5	Beef, goat, poultry, eggs, fish, and shellfish	Meat and fish	4
6	Milk, yogurt, and other dairy products	Milk	4
7	Sugar and sugar products, honey	Sugar	0.5
8	Oils, fats, and butter	Oil	0.5
9	Spices, tea, coffee, salt, fish powder, small amounts of milk for tea	Condiments	0

¹World Food Programme (WFP) - Food Consumption Score (FCS) indicator.