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Table 3 Breakfast meal preparation and consumption during Ramadan

From: The puzzle of self-reported weight gain in a month of fasting (Ramadan) among a cohort of Saudi families in Jeddah, Western Saudi Arabia

 

No

%

Buying prepared food from outside

  

   Always

3

1.8

   Sometimes

40

23.1

   Rarely

130

75.1

The person who is buying food ingredients

  

   Father

97

56.1

   Other family member

43

24.9

   Mother

33

19.0

The person who is preparing breakfast meals

  

   Mother

129

74.6

   Maid

21

12.1

   Other family members

23

13.3

Are there remnants of the breakfast meals?

  

   Always

57

32.9

   Sometimes

89

51.5

   Rarely

27

15.6

Dealing with remnants of the breakfast meals

  

   Charity for poor

39

22.5

   Stored for being used later

130

75.2

   Discarded

4

2.3