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Age and Sex Dependence of Food Intake in the Mount Ayliff District
Abstract
To obtain information on the eating habits of the Xhosa people, required as a basis for nutritional education, a qualitative dietary survey was conducted in the Mount Ayliff district in the Transkei. In this article, the habitual food intake of adults and children, male and female, is compared. Sex and age differentiation is more clearly manifested in traditional foods such as Bantu beer, wild green leaves and beef, than in items such as chicken, pork and cabbage, which have only lately been regularly included in the diet. The value of the school feeding scheme is revealed, as well as the fact that some nutritious dishes are especially favoured by children. The results are considered of importance mainly in directing the efforts of nutritional education.
