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Table 2 Average consumption of selected food groups in subSaharan African countries during 2001–2003 [18]

From: The content of African diets is adequate to achieve optimal efficacy with fixed-dose artemether-lumefantrine: a review of the evidence

 

Average intake (g/person/day)

 

Cereals

Fish, seafood

Fruit

Meat

Milk

Oilcrops*

Pulses

Starchy roots

Sugars, sweeteners

Vegetable oil

Vegetables

Burkina Faso

601

6

14

30

56

42

14

16

15

13

47

Burundi

84

5

284

10

13

2

103

632

8

2

93

Cameroon

288

38

213

41

40

19

39

400

28

21

217

Congo, Dem Republic of

102

16

82

13

4

12

10

842

8

15

25

Côte d'Ivoire

331

40

201

31

21

20

1

619

30

37

103

Ethiopia

384

1

28

23

61

2

35

168

12

4

31

Ghana

249

80

319

27

21

35

2

1107

19

16

88

Kenya

337

12

154

40

263

4

42

164

55

20

102

Malawi

403

10

107

14

12

13

34

504

31

9

54

Mali

502

21

8

51

126

5

25

30

30

18

66

Mozambique

289

6

48

15

12

5

26

665

31

19

17

Nigeria

399

20

185

23

20

21

26

593

31

38

167

Sudan

370

5

83

59

410

11

22

13

55

21

135

Uganda

170

20

556

31

67

35

65

561

24

5

55

United Republic of Tanzania

307

19

81

27

70

13

28

518

21

14

76

Zimbabwe

355

4

32

42

54

17

13

43

97

26

30

  1. * Excluding products