Table 5 Percent of children consuming foods from different food groups in the dry and rainy seasons
Food group | Akithii | Uringu | Akithii | Uringu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dry season | Dry season | Rainy season | Rainy season | |||||
% | SE | % | SE | % | SE | % | SE | |
Cereals, roots and tubers | 98.5 | 1.0 | 96.2 | 3.8 | 98.9 | 0.68 | 98.2 | 0.9 |
Vitamin A rich fruits & veg | 74.5 | 4.2 | 91.3 | 2.8 | 59.6 | 0.5 | 78.0 | 0.07 |
Other fruits & vegetables | 13.6 | 6.0 | 47.7 | 7.4 | 23.1 | 4.9 | 52.0 | 1.3 |
Sugars, syrup and sweets | 26.7 | 2.1 | 28.4 | 3.0 | 45.3 | 0.9 | 56.5 | 1.4 |
Legumes & nuts | 17.9 | 2.5 | 46.4 | 0.2 | 28.8 | 6.3 | 44.6 | 4.3 |
Meat, poultry, fish | 1.7 | 0.01 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
Fats & oils | 13.8 | 5.3 | 18.9 | 1.9 | 13.7 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 0.3 |
Dairy products | 50.4 | 2.5 | 79.4 | 4.9 | 61.9 | 2.1 | 78.7 | 0.2 |
Eggs | 0.4 | 0.003 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.01 |
Beverages* | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 |