Table 1.
Consumption of discretionary foods/beverages by demographic, anthropometric and dietary characteristics among Australian adults (n 5361; plausible reporters only) aged 19 years or above participating in the 2011–12 National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey
| Discretionary foods/beverages | Discretionary foods (solid) | Discretionary beverages (liquid) | ||||||||
| Proportion of | Proportion of | Per capita consumption (g) | Proportion of | Per capita consumption (g) | Proportion of | Per capita consumption (g) | ||||
| Characteristic/category | population (%) | consumers (%) | Mean | sd | consumers (%) | Mean | sd | consumers (%) | Mean | sd |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 48·3 | 98·4†† | 729·5** | 541·0 | 95·6 | 181·6** | 86·7 | 74·3†† | 547·9** | 467·2 |
| Female | 51·7 | 98·2 | 476·6 | 340·6 | 96·0 | 153·5 | 70·8 | 61·7 | 323·1 | 263 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 19–30 | 17·6 | 98·3†† | 666·7** | 518·5 | 96·0 | 181·8** | 89·8 | 71·4†† | 484·9** | 415·8 |
| 31–50 | 38·3 | 98·5 | 629·2 | 487·8 | 96·2 | 170·5 | 81·2 | 69·0 | 458·7 | 397·9 |
| 51–70 | 30·3 | 98·0 | 593·6 | 464·1 | 94·7 | 159·2 | 75·4 | 68·8 | 434·4 | 408·4 |
| 70+ | 13·9 | 98·1 | 440·2 | 288·4 | 97·0 | 156·3 | 70·1 | 57·1 | 283·9 | 249·4 |
| SEIFA quintile | ||||||||||
| 1st (lowest) | 17·3 | 97·9 | 637·2** | 523·4 | 95·3 | 172·9** | 82·6 | 67·3 | 464·2** | 434·4 |
| 2nd | 20·1 | 98·1 | 626·0 | 508·4 | 95·3 | 172·2 | 82·0 | 68·3 | 453·7 | 413·6 |
| 3rd | 20·9 | 98·8 | 595·7 | 468·6 | 96·3 | 169·0 | 80·9 | 67·1 | 426·7 | 397·8 |
| 4th | 17·3 | 98·1 | 569·1 | 404·0 | 95·7 | 167·3 | 83·8 | 66·9 | 401·8 | 331·6 |
| 5th (highest) | 24·5 | 98·4 | 573·1 | 439·6 | 96·2 | 157·0 | 72·2 | 68·8 | 416·1 | 375·1 |
| Country of birth | ||||||||||
| Australia | 70·7 | 99·0† | 634·2** | 482·9 | 97·0‡ | 171·9** | 80·4 | 70·1† | 462·3** | 411·4 |
| English-speaking countries | 12·9 | 98·3 | 601·3 | 487·7 | 96·0 | 169·0 | 79·5 | 69·6 | 432·3 | 382·8 |
| Others | 16·4 | 96·7 | 444·2 | 348·6 | 93·6 | 144·9 | 75·8 | 53·6 | 299·4 | 267·8 |
| BMI category | ||||||||||
| Underweight | 1·8 | 98·9† | 585·8* | 534·5 | 96·8 | 171·8* | 79·6 | 65·3† | 414·0** | 428·3 |
| Normal | 39·4 | 98·8 | 543·8 | 435·4 | 96·2 | 160·7 | 78·1 | 64·2 | 383·1 | 351·9 |
| Overweight | 37·4 | 98·8 | 626·9 | 471·6 | 96·2 | 169·6 | 82·1 | 70·0 | 457·4 | 404·8 |
| Obesity | 21·4 | 98·8 | 652·1 | 509·8 | 96·6 | 174·1 | 79·5 | 71·3 | 478·1 | 426·4 |
| WC category | ||||||||||
| Not at risk | 38·2 | 96·0†† | 575·7* | 460·7 | 93·3† | 165·5* | 80·3 | 63·7†† | 410·2* | 367·1 |
| At risk | 23·4 | 95·5 | 607·6 | 466·7 | 93·3 | 168·2 | 79·3 | 67·6 | 439·4 | 389·4 |
| Central obesity | 36·5 | 98·3 | 617·8 | 479 | 96·0 | 168·2 | 80·2 | 69·4 | 449·6 | 416·8 |
| Fruit consumption | ||||||||||
| <1 serving | 41·3 | 98·8†† | 673·0** | 531·8 | 96·3 | 176·3* | 83·0 | 67·5†† | 496·7** | 444·7 |
| 1–2 servings | 43·8 | 98·0 | 563·2 | 422·3 | 95·6 | 163·0 | 77·5 | 63·9 | 400·2 | 361·0 |
| >2 servings | 14·9 | 97·1 | 498·2 | 345·6 | 94·7 | 153·7 | 76·7 | 58·7 | 344·5 | 282·1 |
| Vegetable consumption | ||||||||||
| <2·5 servings | 34·9 | 99·2†† | 623·4** | 469·7 | 96·6 | 166·3* | 75·6 | 70·8†† | 457·1** | 417·7 |
| 2·5–5 servings | 59·1 | 97·3 | 591·1 | 465·2 | 95·4 | 167·1 | 80·2 | 65·8 | 424·0 | 377·7 |
| >5 servings | 6·0 | 96·3 | 531·5 | 528·1 | 92·8 | 171·4 | 102·2 | 56·9 | 360·2 | 367·9 |
SEIFA, Socio-Economic Index of Disadvantage for Areas; WC, waist circumference.
Mean value was significantly different by characteristic category (ANOVA): *P<0·05, **P<0·01.
Proportion of consumers was significantly different by characteristic category (χ2 analysis): †P<0·05, ††P<0·01.