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Table 4 Contribution to total energy intakes from specific food sources by purchase location for younger adults (age 20-50y), NHANES 2003-2008

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

 

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

93

3.9

4

0.2

5

0.9

28

1.2

<0.001

Yeast breads

99

4.2

15

0.6

16

1.3

15

0.6

<0.001

Pizza

25

1.1

63

2.7

16

2.0

5

0.2

<0.001

Reduced fat milk

45

1.9

0

0.0

1

0.3

2

0.1

<0.001

Chicken and chicken mixed dishes

57

2.4

50

2.1

25

1.7

9

0.4

<0.001

Soda, energy and sports drinks

106

4.5

25

1.1

10

0.8

19

0.8

<0.001

Pasta and pasta mixed dishes

64

2.7

3

0.1

9

1.0

8

0.3

<0.001

Ready-to-eat cereals

40

1.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

<0.001

Potato/corn/other chips

49

2.1

3

0.1

3

0.4

6

0.3

<0.001

Dairy desserts

33

1.4

8

0.3

2

0.4

3

0.1

<0.001

Sausage, franks, bacon and ribs

41

1.7

6

0.2

5

0.6

7

0.3

<0.001

Whole milk

24

1.0

1

0.0

0

0.1

2

0.1

<0.001

Beef and beef mixed dishes3

59

2.5

17

0.7

16

1.4

9

0.4

<0.001

Candy

39

1.7

0

0.0

0

0.1

10

0.4

<0.001

Fruit drinks

27

1.2

4

0.2

2

0.7

3

0.1

<0.001

Fried white potatoes

10

0.4

32

1.3

12

1.1

3

0.1

<0.001

Mexican mixed dishes

25

1.1

36

1.5

15

2.3

9

0.4

<0.001

Regular cheese

38

1.6

10

0.4

6

0.6

6

0.3

<0.001

Quickbreads

42

1.8

7

0.3

6

0.7

6

0.3

<0.001

Nuts/seeds and nut/seed mixed dishes

37

1.6

0

0.0

1

0.4

2

0.1

<0.001

Egg and egg mixed dishes

25

1.1

8

0.3

6

0.7

4

0.2

<0.001

Rice and rice mixed dishes

32

1.4

6

0.3

13

1.2

3

0.1

<0.001

Burgers3

0

0.0

35

1.5

1

0.3

0

0.0

<0.001

Alcoholic beverages

84

3.6

0

0.0

12

1.5

29

1.2

<0.001

Other4

396

16.8

42

1.8

60

2.6

59

2.5

<0.001

  1. 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.