Research Article
Dietary Habits and Nutritional Challenges of the Elderly in Ghana
Table 2
Dietary habits of respondents.
| | Food groups | Frequency | Percentage |
| | Cereals | | | | Rice | 33 | 34.0 | | Maize | 22 | 22.6 | | Wheat | 19 | 19.6 | | Sorghum | 15 | 15.5 | | Millet | 7 | 7.2 | | Others | 1 | 1.2 | | Animal source food | | | | Game | 46 | 47.1 | | Fish | 24 | 24.9 | | Egg | 16 | 16.3 | | Pork | 8 | 8.1 | | Poultry | 2 | 2.4 | | Meat | 1 | 1.2 | | Vegetables | | | | Garden eggs | 27 | 27.8 | | Leafy vegetables | 22 | 22.4 | | Tomatoes | 21 | 21.7 | | Okra | 17 | 17.9 | | Others | 10 | 10.2 | | Fruits | | | | Banana | 63 | 63.9 | | Mango | 10 | 19.6 | | Pawpaw | 9 | 9.2 | | Orange | 5 | 5.2 | | Others | 2 | 2.1 |
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