Table 2 Food items reportedly consumed by number of individuals (n) in the past 24 h, per food group [14]
From: Low dietary diversity and its influencing factors among a San group in Namibia
Food group | Food items | n |
|---|---|---|
1. Grains/roots | Maize meal | 176 |
Rice | 42 | |
Bread | 11 | |
Potato | 4 | |
Pasta | 3 | |
Biscuits | 1 | |
Millet | 1 | |
Sorghum | 1 | |
Dinga (Dioscorea asteriscus)* | 1 | |
/’iya (Vigna vexillata)* | 1 | |
2. Pulses | Canned beans | 8 |
Groundnuts | 2 | |
Dry beans | 1 | |
3. Seeds and nuts | Tceu (Guibourtia coleosperma)* | 12 |
/qom (Schinziophyton rautanenii)* | 5 | |
4. Dairy | – | 0 |
5. Meat/fish | Canned fish | 28 |
Game meat | 22 | |
Canned processed meat | 6 | |
Chicken | 4 | |
Goat | 1 | |
6. Eggs | – | 0 |
7. Dark green leafy vegetables | 16 variety of wild greens | 76 |
Matete (Hibiscus sabdarifa) | 73 | |
Cassava leaves | 19 | |
Pumpkin leaves | 11 | |
Derere (Corchorus tridens) | 10 | |
8. Other vitamin A rich fruits and vegetables | Ce (Grewia flava)* | 7 |
‡ori (Ximenia americana)* | 6 | |
Pumpkin | 1 | |
9. Other fruits | ‡ûmbé (Dialium engleranum)* | 18 |
10. Other vegetables | Deu (Termitomyces sp.)* | 9 |
Fresh maize | 8 | |
Tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus)* | 3 | |
Cabbage | 3 | |
Canned vegetables | 3 | |
Onion | 2 | |
Tomato | 1 |