Malnutrition, Eating Habits, Food Consumption, and Risk Factors of Malnutrition among Students at the University of Maroua, Cameroon

Table 1

Group of food used for the DDS.

Food groups	Food
(1) Cereals	Maize, rice, bread, pasta, wheat flour, wheat couscous, millet
(2) Root and tubers	Manioc, yam, plantain banana, sweet potato, potato
(3) Pulses/nuts	Beans, soybeans, peanuts, cola nuts, coconuts, palm nuts, sesame seeds
(4) Meat and poultry	Beef, mutton, goat, pork, rabbit, chicken, turkey, guinea fowl
(5) Fish and seafood	Fish, crabs, shrimps, snails
(6) Eggs	Fried and boiled eggs
(7) Milk and milk products	Whole milk powder, sweetened condensed milk, curdled milk, semi-skimmed milk, yogurt, local and imported cheeses
(8) Fruits	Mangoes, pineapples, bananas, avocados, guavas, melons, oranges, mandarins
(9) Vegetables	Cabbage, lettuce, tomato, carrots, okra, cucumber, spinach, green beans
(10) Oil and fat	Vegetable oils, margarine, butter, mayonnaise