Whole grain consumption trends and associations with body weight measures in the United States: results from the cross sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001–2012

Table 2 Percent individuals meeting their daily recommendation of total grain and whole grain ounce equivalents based on NHANES (2003–04 to 2011–12)^a,b

Age-group	2001–02	2003–04	2005–06	2007–08	2009–10	2011–12
Total grain (6 oz eq/d)
	Percent meeting (%)^b
n	3147	2747	2838	2134	2263	2151
6–18 years	NA	73.7	70.3	61.7	71.9	74.8
n	4647	4456	4405	5476	5820	4878
19 + years	NA	60.6	56.9	54.1	56.1	60.9
Whole grain (3 oz eq/d)
	Percent meeting (%)^b
n	3147	2747	2838	2134	2263	2151
6–18 years	NA	0.18	0.17	0.03	0.04	0.25
n	4647	4456	4405	5476	5820	4878
19 + years	NA	1.9	2.6	1.6	4.5	7.9

^aDay 1 and 2 from foods only, excluding pregnant and breastfeeding women
^bThe NCI usual intake method was used to estimate the percent of individuals meeting the recommendation of at least 6 ounce equivalents of total grain and 3 ounce equivalents of whole grain per day for each cycle of NHANES from 2003 onwards

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