title: Frequency of food items among households in a low socioeconomic area of Karachi.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the frequency of certain food items among families in a low socioeconomic area of Karachi and their association with socioeconomic variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross sectional survey of houses selected through random sampling using a pre-tested structured questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 294 houses were surveyed, 23% households consumed meat almost daily, 55% consumed vegetables almost daily.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The survey showed that the consumption of food items in our study population is less as compared to what is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Anjum
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omair
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Usman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qureshi
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006794:Household Articles / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors