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. 2014 Jul 30;17(11):2445–2452. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014001153

Table 1.

Summary statistics for the full sample: respondents aged 20–64 years who completed 24 h dietary recall interviews for both day 1 and day 2 in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2003–2010

Consumption and nutrient intake summary statistics Day 1 Day 2
Prevalence of consumption
Fast-food restaurant (%) 35 32
Fast-food restaurant away from home (%) 23 21
Fast-food restaurant at home (%) 15 13
Full-service restaurant (%) 28 20
Full-service restaurant away from home (%) 23 17
Full-service restaurant at home (%) 6 4
Non-restaurant away from home (%) 61 60
Consumption on weekday (%) 59 80
Energy intake
Total energy (kJ)
Mean 9548 8866
se 54 54
Total energy (kcal)
Mean 2282 2119
se 13 13
Dietary nutrient intakes
Sugar (g)
Mean 125 116
se 1·0 0·95
Saturated fat (g)
Mean 29 26
se 0·3 0·3
Na (mg)
Mean 3689 3519
se 23·8 21·0
Socio-economic statistics Full sample
Male (%) 48·90
Young adults aged 20–34 years (%) 31·55
Older adults aged 35–64 years (%) 68·45
White (%) 69·48
Black (%) 11·49
Hispanic (%) 13·22
Other (%) 5·81
Low income (%) 18·23
Middle income (%) 25·52
High income (%) 51·03
Full sample size 12 528

All summary statistics are weighted using the NHANES examination weight. Low-income adults were defined as individuals in families with income <130 % of the federal poverty level (FPL), middle-income adults as ≥130 % and <300 % of the FPL, and high-income adults as ≥300 % of the FPL.