Table 3 Frequency of consumption and source of food (n = 315)
From: Dialogue as a tool of nutrition literacy in an agricultural intervention programme in Odisha, India
Food item | Frequency of Consumption by households (%) | Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daily | 4 times a week | Twice or thrice a week | Once a week | Rarelya | ||
Cereals | ||||||
Rice | 100 | – | – | – | – | Own production, PDSb, market |
Finger millet | 85 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Own production, market |
Pulses | ||||||
Lentil | – | 12 | 22 | 34 | 32 | Market |
Horsegram | – | 2 | 8 | 26 | 64 | Market, own production |
Green gram | – | 2 | 4 | 22 | 72 | Market |
Leafy veg | ||||||
Cabbage | – | 23 | 28 | 29 | 20 | Market |
Amaranthus | – | 5 | 18 | 40 | 37 | Market |
Onion stalk | – | 5 | 12 | 31 | 52 | Market |
Radish leaves | – | 1 | 5 | 28 | 66 | Market |
Roots tubers | ||||||
Potato | 26 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 3 | Market |
Onion | 70 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 14 | Market |
Radish | – | 3 | 12 | 29 | 56 | Market |
Other Veg | ||||||
Tomato | 74 | 23 | 3 | – | – | Market |
Brinjal | 2 | 33 | 23 | 24 | 19 | Market |
Beans | – | 5 | 22 | 39 | 34 | Market |
Broad bean | – | 14 | 13 | 37 | 35 | Predominantly home production |
Papaya green | – | – | 2 | 25 | 72 | Predominantly home production |
Fruits | ||||||
Banana | – | 2 | 3 | 34 | 61 | Market |
Fats and oil | ||||||
Cooking oil | 57 | 33 | 6 | 3 | – | Market |
Sugar | 70 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 16 | Market |