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Consumption of grains or cereals

Consumption of grains or cereals

Period : April 2007
Questions : On average, how many days do you eat food make entirely from grains or cereals each week, such as rice, noodles, bread or oatmeal? On the day(s) that you have eaten food make entirely from grains or cereals, how many bowls of grains or cereals do you eat? One bowl refers to the size of a rice bowl. One slide of bread or 1 bowl of cooked oatmeal or 1 bowl of congee equates to 0.4 bowl of rice.

 

Average number of bowls of grains or cereals eaten per day* Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Less than 3 581 (59.9%) 976 (88.4%) 1 557 (75.1%)
3-6 382 (39.4%) 127 (11.5%) 509 (24.5%)
More than 6 7 (0.7%) 1 (0.1%) 8 (0.4%)
Total 970 (100.0%) 1 104 (100.0%) 2 074 (100.0%)

Notes:
* Average number of bowls of grains or cereals eaten per day is calculated by dividing the total number of bowls of grains or cereals eaten within a week by 7.

Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.