Table 2.

Weighted means of food and nutrient intakes and eating patterns, with their standard errors, by survey round: US adults born between 1951 and 1980 participating in the 2005–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

	2005–06		2007–08		2009–10		2011–12		2013–14
	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se
Total energy (kJ)	9797·79	137·50	9389·24**	135·98	9263·08**	105·57	9469·27	113·75	9080·29**	23·36
Energy from FAFH (kJ)	3499·42	144·32	3192·84†	113·43	2741·70**	125·06	3103·04**†	98·23	3020·51**	20·87
% energy from FAFH	34·44	1·15	31·88†	0·96	28·19**	1·15	31·74†	0·92	32·17†	0·81
Energy from fast foods (kJ)	1462·09	88·21	1254·49	93·03	1100·54**	68·85	1240·18**	46·99	1297·65†	10·52
% energy from fast foods	14·37	0·80	12·81	0·82	11·39**	0·60	12·96	0·51	13·90†	0·40
Eating occasions	5·08	0·04	4·99†	0·04	5·09	0·05	5·06	0·07	5·12	0·08
Total meals	2·80	0·03	2·76†	0·03	2·85	0·02	2·83	0·03	2·87*	0·02
FAFH meals	0·87	0·03	0·83†	0·03	0·73**	0·03	0·82†	0·03	0·85†	0·03
Total snacks	2·28	0·04	2·23	0·03	2·24	0·05	2·23	0·08	2·24	0·08
FAFH snacks	0·40	0·02	0·35	0·02	0·34*	0·02	0·45†	0·03	0·38	0·03
% energy from fat	33·99	0·39	33·74††	0·30	32·82*	0·25	33·02*	0·27	34·05†	0·22
% energy from saturated fat	11·38	0·16	11·14	0·12	10·64**	0·10	10·57**	0·12	10·84**	0·09
Cholesterol (mg)	316·91	5·50	316·4†	7·44	285·09**	7·07	287·61**	7·09	295·50*	5·90
Fibre (g)	16·42	0·47	16·11††	0·64	17·74*	0·36	18·63**	0·42	17·51	0·27
Observations (n)	2320		2493		2652		2252		2412

FAFH, food away from home.

Mean value was significantly different from that in 2005–06: *P<0·05, **P<0·01.

Mean value was significantly different from that in 2009–10: †P<0·05, ††P<0·01.