Implications of food and nutrition security on household food expenditure: the case of Malaysia

Table 1 The lower and upper limit of daily per capita food intake in serving unit

Food groups	Lower limit	Upper limit
Food groups	2000 kcal	2500 kcal
A. Cereals and cereal products	6	8
B. Meat and meat products	1	2
C. Fish/seafood/eggs	1	1
D. Legumes and products	1	1
E. Milk and milk products	2	3
F. Vegetables	3	3
G. Fruits	2	2

Source: MyDG (2010)
Food group A was based on 30 g of carbohydrates per serving; B and C were based on 14 g of protein per serving; D and E were based on 7 g of protein per serving; F was based on 80 g per serving size [32]; G was based on 15 g of carbohydrates per serving

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