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Table 3 Percent (%)of adolescent consuming foods in amount <50% of RDI

From: Identification of dietary patterns by factor analysis and study of the relationship with nutritional status of rural adolescents using factor scores

Age group (y)

Sex

n

Cereals

Pulses

Leafy-veg.

Other-veg.

Milk and milk products

Fats and oils

Sugar and Jaggery

10-12

Boys

310

16.1

58.7

82.6

36.1

97.1

85.8

71.9

Girls

278

14.0

50.7

75..2

36.3

95.7

84.2

74.8

13-15

Boys

246

10.6

61.4

80.1

26.4

95.1

80.5

67.5

Girls

262

6.5

55.3

79.4

28.2

94.7

88.9

66.0

16-17

Boys

130

7.7

46.9

75.4

23.8

94.6

78.5

59.2

Girls

149

8.1

47.7

78.5

32.9

95.3

85.2

67.8

All Boys

686

12.5

57.4

80.3

30.3

85.9

82.5

67.9

All Girls

689

9.9

51.8

77.5

32.5

95.2

86.2

70.0

Boys + Girls pooled

1375

11.2

54.6

78.9

31.4

95.6

84.4

68.9