Table 7 Frequency of consumption of ten food items for each food security item. Figures are frequencies (percent of row total).
From: Reliability and validity of a short form household food security scale in a Caribbean community
|  | Whether eaten ≥5–6 times per week | Whether eaten at least weekly | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item (frequency) | Fruit | Green vegetables and salads | Rice | Bread and bread rolls | Legumes (peas, beans and lentils) | Ground provisions | Fish (including shellfish) | Sweets, chocolate etc | Sweet biscuits or cake | Burgers, fried chicken or pizzas |
Food secure (397) | 218 (55) | 202 (51) | 254 (64) | 272 (69) | 173 (44) | 253 (64) | 255 (64) | 116 (29) | 161 (41) | 106 (27) |
Food insecure (134) | 53 (40) | 37 (28) | 87 (65) | 84 (63) | 67 (50) | 103 (77) | 70 (52) | 31 (23) | 47 (35) | 40 (30) |
3 Balanced meal (162) | 70 (43) | 48 (30) | 101 (63) | 103 (64) | 84 (52) | 117 (72) | 96 (59) | 47 (29) | 61 (38) | 39 (24) |
2 Food last (109) | 44 (40) | 30 (28) | 67 (61) | 65 (60) | 50 (46) | 82 (75) | 62 (57) | 28 (26) | 34 (31) | 24 (22) |
5 Skip meals (93) | 39 (42) | 24 (26) | 62 (67) | 60 (65) | 47 (51) | 72 (77) | 49 (53) | 21 (23) | 33 (35) | 32 (34) |
7 Eat less (75) | 25 (33) | 16 (21) | 50 (67) | 41 (55) | 38 (51) | 54 (72) | 46 (61) | 21 (28) | 23 (31) | 22 (29) |
8 How often (70) | 27 (39) | 16 (23) | 47 (67) | 48 (69) | 34 (49) | 57 (81) | 38 (54) | 14 (20) | 27 (39) | 29 (41) |
10 Hungry (31) | 13 (42) | 9 (29) | 23 (74) | 18 (58) | 10 (32) | 20 (65) | 18 (58) | 12 (39) | 7 (23) | 6 (19) |