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Table 2 Percentage of men and women achieving dietary recommendations for Australian adults by takeaway food consumption

From: Takeaway food consumption and its associations with diet quality and abdominal obesity: a cross-sectional study of young adults

Dietary recommendation*

Consuming takeaway < 2/week

Consuming takeaway ≥ 2/week

P-value

 

%

n/N

%

n/N

 

Men†

     

Breads and cereals

5.3

41/774

2.6

12/462

0.023

Vegetables‡

8.7

67/773

5.0

23/460

0.017

Fruit

43.4

335/772

30.7

141/460

< 0.001

Dairy

41.3

320/774

32.9

152/462

0.003

Lean meats and alternatives

81.8

633/774

79.7

368/462

0.356

Extra foods (excluding takeaway)

38.0

294/774

28.4

131/462

0.001

Women†

     

Breads and cereals

16.5

196/1186

18.3

48/263

0.499

Vegetables‡

14.2

168/1184

8.0

21/263

0.007

Fruit

51.8

613/1184

34.6

91/263

< 0.001

Dairy

39.5

468/1186

29.3

77/263

0.002

Lean meats and alternatives

89.1

1057/1186

84.4

222/263

0.032

Extra foods (excluding takeaway)

40.9

485/1186

30.0

79/263

0.001

  1. *Daily Dietary Recommendations for Australian Adults aged 19–60 years recommend 6–12 servings (men) or 4–9 servings (women) of bread and cereals, 5 servings of vegetables, 2 servings of fruit, 2 servings of dairy, 1 serving of lean meat & alternatives, 0–3 (men) or 0–2 1/2 (women) servings of extra foods. Participants consuming at least the lower value for breads and cereals and not exceeding the upper limit for extra foods were classified as meeting the recommendation.
  2. †Analysis excluded participants missing at least 10% of the FFQ (n = 99) and pregnant women (n = 78).
  3. ‡ Participants classified as meeting the vegetable recommendation are consuming 4–5 serves/day not 5 as per the recommendation.