Energy intakes of US children and adults by food purchase location and by specific food source

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Contribution to total energy intakes from specific food sources by purchase location for children (6-11y), NHANES 2003-2008

	Store		QSR		FSR		Other¹
Category²	Average calories	% of total	Average calories	% of total	Average calories	% of total	Average calories	% of total	p-value
Grain-based desserts	97	4.8	5	0.2	2	0.1	35	1.7	<0.001
Yeast breads	89	4.4	10	0.5	4	0.2	26	1.3	<0.001
Pizza	31	1.5	48	2.4	15	0.7	25	1.3	<0.001
Reduced fat milk	66	3.3	3	0.1	1	0.1	42	2.1	<0.001
Chicken and chicken mixed dishes	42	2.1	33	1.7	9	0.4	19	0.9	<0.001
Soda, energy and sports drinks	54	2.7	17	0.8	8	0.4	15	0.7	<0.001
Pasta and pasta mixed dishes	72	3.6	2	0.1	5	0.3	14	0.7	<0.001
Ready-to-eat cereals	62	3.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	0.4	<0.001
Potato/corn/other chips	55	2.7	1	0.1	2	0.1	12	0.6	<0.001
Dairy desserts	42	2.1	12	0.6	4	0.2	11	0.6	<0.001
Sausage, franks, bacon and ribs	41	2.0	3	0.2	1	0.0	15	0.8	<0.001
Whole milk	45	2.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	0.7	<0.001
Beef and beef mixed dishes³	34	1.7	5	0.2	4	0.2	13	0.6	<0.001
Candy	39	1.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	0.9	<0.001
Fruit drinks	43	2.1	3	0.2	2	0.1	7	0.3	<0.001
Fried white potatoes	18	0.9	17	0.8	5	0.3	9	0.5	<0.001
Mexican mixed dishes	33	1.7	4	0.2	3	0.2	9	0.5	<0.001
Regular cheese	8	0.4	32	1.6	4	0.2	5	0.2	<0.001
Quickbreads	22	1.1	2	0.1	1	0.0	8	0.4	<0.001
Nuts/seeds and nut/seed mixed dishes	25	1.3	0	0	1	0.1	3	0.1	<0.001
Egg and egg mixed dishes	20	1.0	2	0.1	2	0.1	3	0.1	<0.001
Rice and rice mixed dishes	18	0.9	2	0.1	4	0.2	2	0.1	<0.001
Burgers³	0	0.0	24	1.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	<0.001
Alcoholic beverages	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	<0.001
Other⁴	317	15.8	20	1.0	17	0.8	82	4.1	<0.001

¹ Includes school cafeteria, child care, vending machine, food provided by someone else, grown/caught, sports recreation facility and others. ² Sorted by rank for total energy for ages 6-11y for comparison purposes, ³ Burgers, as defined in the database, can only come from quick-service restaurants. All burgers reported from store or full-service restaurants are composed of individual ingredients. Therefore, components of hamburgers/cheeseburgers will be present in the yeast breads, beef and beef mixed dishes, regular cheese and other food groupings, ⁴ Others include all categories contributing <1.3% of total energy for the total population.

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