High proportions of foods recommended for consumption by United States Dietary Guidance contain solid fats and added sugar: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2008)

Table 1 **Weighted* proportion of the prevalence of SoFAS in foods reported in the 2007–2008 WWEIA-NHANES survey (n = 8 527) by MyPlate food groupings**

	Percent (%) of foods in each group
MyPlate food groups	Added sugar	Solid fat	Both SoFAS	Either SoFAS or both SoFAS
Vegetables	19.6	27.3	8.8	38.0
Grains	70.2	69.1	50.2	89.2
Protein foods	31.4	73.2	27.3	77.3
Fruits	6.8	0.5	0.4	6.8
Dairy	30.0	92.3	29.6	92.7
Other food groups	Added sugar	Solid fat	Both SoFAS	Either SoFAS or both SoFAS
Fats & oils	54.3	67.5	41.2	80.6
Sugars, sweets, beverages	38.3	6.1	5.7	38.7

*The WWEIA-NHANES survey contains weights based off of the US Census; when applied, the estimated results of the survey are adjusted to be representative of total US population.

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