Table 2.
Percentage of consumers and per capita intake of dairy products in the Brazilian population aged ≥10 years by age group. Individual Food Intake 2008–2009; first day of intake
| P value | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescents 10–18 years (n 6939) (1) | Adults 19–59 years (n 22 742) (2) | Elderly ≥60 years (n 4322) (3) | Overall | Pairwise | |||||||||
| % | Mean | SE | % | Mean | SE | % | Mean | SE | 1 v. 2 v. 3 | 1 v. 2 | 1 v. 3 | 2 v. 3 | |
| Total dairy* (g/d) | 64 | 162 | 4·3 | 60 | 131 | 2·4 | 69 | 165 | 5·5 | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·977 | <0·001 |
| Milk† (g/d) | 59 | 145 | 4·2 | 54 | 113 | 2·1 | 62 | 148 | 5·2 | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·951 | <0·001 |
| Cheese (g/d) | 9 | 4 | 0·3 | 15 | 7 | 0·4 | 18 | 9 | 0·7 | <0·001 | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·030 |
| Yoghurt (g/d) | 5 | 14 | 1·3 | 4 | 10 | 0·8 | 4 | 8 | 1·0 | <0·001 | 0·063 | <0·001 | 0·043 |
| Total dairy*,‡ (portions/d) | 64 | 1·0 | 0·03 | 60 | 0·9 | 0·02 | 69 | 1·1 | 0·04 | <0·05 | <0·001 | 0·084 | <0·001 |
| Milk†,‡ (portions/d) | 59 | 0·8 | 0·02 | 54 | 0·6 | 0·01 | 62 | 0·8 | 0·03 | <0·05 | <0·001 | 0·963 | <0·001 |
| Cheese‡ (portions/d) | 9 | 0·1 | 0·01 | 15 | 0·2 | 0·01 | 18 | 0·2 | 0·02 | <0·05 | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·088 |
| Yoghurt‡ (portions/d) | 5 | 0·1 | 0·01 | 4 | 0·1 | <0·05 | 4 | 0·1 | 0·01 | <0·05 | 0·105 | 0·003 | 0·129 |
*
Total dairy values may not equal sum of milk, cheese and yoghurt values due to rounding.
†
Milk includes plain and flavoured milk, milk drinks, grains cooked in milk and milk in coffee.
‡
Weight per portion: milk, 182 g; milk-based smoothies, 171 g; grains cooked in milk, 195 g; powdered milk, 26 or 34·5 g; cheese, 30 to 50 g, 100 g for ricotta cheese; yoghurt, 165 g.