Table 3 The five most frequently consumed foods from the six dietary food groups *
From: Nutrient intakes of rural Tibetan mothers: a cross-sectional survey
Order of consumption frequency | Staple | Meat, poultry and fish | Eggs, milk and dried legumes | Vegetables, tubers and starches | Fruits and nuts | Drinks and snacks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First | Rice (7) | Yak (5) | Egg (3) | Potato (5) | Sunflower seeds (5) | Tibetan salt cream tea (7) |
Second | Zanba (6) | Pork (5) | Yogurt (3) | Shallot (5) | Apple (4) | Green Tea (7) |
Third | Tibetan noodles (5) | Beef (4) | Milk (3) | Chinese cabbage (4) | Orange (3) | Tibetan milk tea (5) |
Fourth | Wheat noodles (5) | Chicken (2) | Soybean soft curd (2) | Hot pepper (4) | Banana (3) | Potato salty boiled (4) |
Fifth | Wheat bun (4) | /†| /†| Tomato (4) | Watermelon (2) | Mungbean starch jelly (4) |