Investigation about the eating habits of the Tanzanian

—The meal intake situation, consciousness for the health and food intake frequency of Dar es Salaam—

Abstract

  In order to examine the eating habits of Tanzanians living in Dar es Salaam, we investigated their breakfast, lunch and dinner intake situation, and the frequency of food intake, between February and May, 2009.
  The results obtained were as follows :
  First, the percentage of people in Dar es Salaam who did not eat breakfast was lower. Among all age groups, the percentage of people who did not eat breakfast, lunch or dinner was highest among people under 20 years of age.Second, a relationship between the frequency of breakfast intake and health consciousness was observed. Third, intake frequency of ugari and oil was high,while intake frequency of pork was low.