Table 5 Food Groups and Item used for HFCS calculations
Food group | Food items | Weight |
|---|---|---|
Main staples (MS) | Maize, Sorghum, Cassava, Rice, Potato, Sweet Potato, Bread, noodles, yam | 2 |
Pulses (P) | Beans, Cowpeas, Mung bean, Groundnuts, Pigeon peas, soybean, Bambara Nuts | 3 |
Vegetables (V) | Green leafy veg, Tomato, okra | 1 |
Fruit (F) | Any fruit consumed during the seven day period | 1 |
Meat/Fish (MF) | Beef, poultry, pork and fish | 4 |
Dairy (D) | Milk, yogurt and other diary | 4 |
Sugar/honey (SH) | Sugar and sugar products, honey | 0.5 |
Fats (Fa) | Oils, fats and butter | 0.5 |