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Table 2 Percent consumption of different food groups by DDS for Sri Lankan adults (n=481)

From: High dietary diversity is associated with obesity in Sri Lankan adults: an evaluation of three dietary scores

DDS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

No of adults

0

1

9

42

89

109

115

72

36

6

2

Percentage of adults with DDS

0

0.2

1.9

8.7

18.5

22.7

23.9

15.0

7.5

1.2

0.4

Food groups

Starch

0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Vegetables

0

0

33.3

54.8

76.4

69.7

85.2

86.1

94.4

100.0

100.0

Green leaves

0

0

0

21.4

12.4

38.5

42.6

52.8

80.6

83.3

100.0

Meat/poultry/egg

0

0

0

2.4

21.3

20.2

24.3

45.8

38.9

66.7

50.0

Fish/dry fish/sea foods

0

0

44.4

33.3

52.8

66.1

70.4

87.5

97.2

100.0

100.0

Milk/diary products

0

0

22.2

19.0

59.6

60.6

66.1

79.2

83.3

100.0

100.0

Pulses

0

100.0

55.6

54.8

59.6

67.9

77.4

81.9

86.1

100.0

100.0

Fruits

0

0

0

14.3

12.4

33.0

45.2

45.8

77.8

66.7

100.0

Fat/oil

0

0

11.1

26.2

22.5

35.8

47.8

52.8

61.1

33.3

100.0

Beverages

0

0

33.3

64.3

60.7

78.0

86.1

90.3

91.7

100.0

50.0

Sweets

0

0

0

2.4

6.7

14.7

33.0

43.1

50.0

83.3

100.0

Miscellaneous

0

0

0

7.1

15.7

15.6

21.7

34.7

38.9

66.7

100.0