This question was attempted by many candidates and their performance was very poor.  Many candidates wrote wrong answers such as unhealthy food, low sugar level, lack of food, type of occasion and where food is served as factors that affect the quality of a diet.

The expected answers are as follows:

            FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF A DIET

1. cost of food items
2. poverty / economic status of individual
3. low production of food items
4. illiteracy/ignorance of what to eat
5. scarcity of the food items in the available market
6. poor storage, poor harvesting and poor preservation of food items
7. poor attitudes of government / poor government policy on nutrition
8. poor method of preparation
9. non availability of the right constituents/nutrients