CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Vol 23, No 7, August 2012
AFRICA
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FOOD
DESCRIPTION
AMOUNT
TIMES EATEN
CODE
AMOUNT/
DAY
Per
day
Per
week
Per
month
Seldom/
never
Tomato and onion gravy
Home made with fat
Type of fat ��������������������
Without fat
3925
Canned
4192
Pumpkin (yellow)
How do you cook pumpkin?
Boiled, nothing added
4164
Cooked in fat and sugar
Fat ��������������������������
Boiled, little sugar and fat
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Other
Don’t know
Carrots
How do you cook carrots?
Boiled, nothing added
3757
Boiled, sugar and fat
Fat ��������������������������
With potato and onion: fat
Raw, salad
3709
Chakalaka
Other
Don’t know
Mealies/
Sweet corn
How do you eat mealies?
On cob – fat added
Fat ��������������������������
On cob – no fat added
3725
Creamed sweet corn/ canned
3726
Whole kernel/canned
3942
Beetroot
Salad
3699
Boiled, nothing added
3698
Potatoes
How do you cook potatoes?
Boiled/baked with skin
4155
Boiled/baked without skin
3737
Mashed
Roasted
Fat ______________________
French fries (chips)
3740
Sweet potatoes
How do you cook sweet potatoes?
Boiled/baked with skin
3748
Boiled/baked without skin
3903
Mashed
Other:
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Don’t know
