Table 4 Frequency of intake of commonly consumed food items among Swedish girls and boys (n = 11,222)
Food item | Frequeny of intake | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<1/week | ≥1/week | ≥2/week | 1/day | ≥2/day | p-valuea | |
Fruit (%) | ||||||
Girls | 1.5 | 10.5 | 27.3 | 38.1 | 22.7 | |
Boys | 4.3 | 16.0 | 30.8 | 32.5 | 16.3 | <0.0001 |
Vegetables (%) | ||||||
Girls | 1.4 | 6.1 | 23.3 | 49.3 | 19.8 | |
Boys | 3.5 | 10.2 | 31.9 | 41.0 | 13.4 | <0.0001 |
Bread (%) | ||||||
Girls | 1.4 | 3.8 | 25.2 | 48.0 | 21.6 | |
Boys | 1.8 | 4.2 | 23.7 | 41.8 | 28.5 | <0.0001 |
Cheese | ||||||
Girls | 44.1 | 11.9 | 29.2 | 10.0 | 4.5 | |
Boys | 38.1 | 11.7 | 30.5 | 11.7 | 8.0 | <0.0001 |
Potatoes (%) | ||||||
Girls | 0.5 | 8.8 | 66.6 | 21.9 | 2.2 | |
Boys | 0.4 | 6.1 | 61.2 | 28.8 | 3.4 | <0.0001 |
Pasta (%) | ||||||
Girls | 8.2 | 27.2 | 62.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | |
Boys | 7.2 | 26.7 | 62.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.0013 |
Rice (%) | ||||||
Girls | 22.4 | 40.4 | 35.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | |
Boys | 20.3 | 39.8 | 37.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.0014 |
Bulgur, couscous (%) | ||||||
Girls | 86.5 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.04 | |
Boys | 90.0 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | <0.0001 |