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Vegetable consumption

Vegetable consumption

Period: April 2016
Questions: On average, how many days do you eat vegetables within a week? On the day(s) that you have eaten vegetables, how many bowls of vegetables do you eat? One bowl refers to the size of a rice bowl.



Average number of bowls of vegetables eaten per day* Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Less than 1 717 (37.7%) 536 (24.7%) 1 253 (30.8%)
1 to 2 1 085 (57.1%) 1 482 (68.3%) 2 568 (63.1%)
More than 2 89 (4.7%) 149 (6.9%) 238 (5.9%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 9 (0.5%) 3 (0.2%) 13 (0.3%)
Total 1 900 (100.0%) 2 171 (100.0%) 4 071 (100.0%)

Notes: * Average number of bowls of vegetables eaten per day is calculated by dividing the total number of bowls of vegetables eaten within a week by 7.
Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.