Table 5.

Mean quality of at-home and away-from-home foods at baseline (2005–06) and changes across survey rounds, with their standard errors: US adults born between 1951 and 1980 participating in the 2005–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

	Fat (% of energy)		Saturated fat (% of energy)		Cholesterol (mg/4184 kJ)		Fibre (g/4184 kJ)
	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se
Food at home (n 11 948)
2005–06	29·95	0·43	10·48	0·18	118·85	3·29	7·63	0·19
Difference from 2005–06 in:
2007–08	0·29	0·57	−0·24	0·21	3·01	5·20	0·21	0·34
2009–10	0·14	0·59	−0·52*	0·23	−1·47	5·95	1·19**	0·25
2011–12	0·29	0·59	−0·78**	0·22	−3·08	5·26	1·43**	0·35
2013–14	1·42**	0·50	−0·52*	0·22	3·93	5·12	1·45**	0·27
Food away from home (n 8406)
2005–06	37·61	0·40	12·11	0·20	147·09	3·05	6·49	0·17
Difference from 2005–06 in:
2007–08	0·12	0·58	0·13	0·25	5·02	5·47	−0·17	0·22
2009–10	−0·96	0·69	−0·38	0·31	−13·99*	6·50	0·43	0·28
2011–12	−1·67*	0·70	−0·22	0·28	−10·18	5·98	0·42	0·24
2013–14	−0·92	0·64	−0·23	0·37	−6·42	6·69	0·55*	0·25

FAH, food at home; FAFH, food away from home.

Estimate is statistically significant: *P<0·05, **P<0·01.