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

Nutrition Journal

Table 5 Contribution to total energy intakes from specific food sources by purchase location for older adults (age ≥51), 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	95	5.0	3	0.1	6	0.3	30	1.6	<0.001
Yeast breads	114	6.0	8	0.4	14	0.7	14	0.7	<0.001
Pizza	13	0.7	19	1.0	7	0.4	2	0.1	<0.001
Reduced fat milk	40	2.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.1	<0.001
Chicken and chicken mixed dishes	45	2.4	21	1.1	17	0.9	8	0.4	<0.001
Soda, energy and sports drinks	40	2.1	8	0.4	5	0.3	5	0.3	<0.001
Pasta and pasta mixed dishes	42	2.2	1	0.1	7	0.4	8	0.4	<0.001
Ready-to-eat cereals	44	2.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.1	<0.001
Potato/corn/other chips	29	1.5	0	0.0	4	0.2	2	0.1	<0.001
Dairy desserts	44	2.3	5	0.3	3	0.2	4	0.2	<0.001
Sausage, franks, bacon and ribs	36	1.9	5	0.3	5	0.3	6	0.3	<0.001
Whole milk	15	0.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.1	<0.001
Beef and beef mixed dishes³	49	2.6	9	0.5	14	0.7	10	0.5	<0.001
Candy	32	1.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	0.3	<0.001
Fruit drinks	15	0.8	0	0.0	1	0.1	1	0.1	<0.001
Fried white potatoes	9	0.5	12	0.6	8	0.4	2	0.1	<0.001
Mexican mixed dishes	13	0.7	9	0.5	11	0.6	3	0.1	<0.001
Regular cheese	32	1.7	3	0.2	3	0.2	4	0.2	<0.001
Quickbreads	30	1.6	4	0.2	4	0.2	4	0.2	<0.001
Nuts/seeds and nut/seed mixed dishes	47	2.5	0	0.0	1	0.0	4	0.2	<0.001
Egg and egg mixed dishes	27	1.4	5	0.3	7	0.4	4	0.2	<0.001
Rice and rice mixed dishes	21	1.1	3	0.1	6	0.3	2	0.1	<0.001
Burgers³	0	0.0	16	0.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	<0.001
Alcoholic beverages	48	2.5	0	0.0	7	0.3	12	0.6	<0.001
Other⁴	457	24.1	26	1.4	64	3.4	64	3.4	<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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