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. 2013 Aug 2;17(8):1805–1813. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013001997

Table 4.

Daily intakes of selected foods and nutrients in comparison with dietary recommendations, and percentage contribution of fast food to daily intakes of energy and selected nutrients, by fast-food consumption status: Singapore residents (n 1627) aged 18–69 years, 2010 National Nutrition Survey

Fast-food consumption status
Non-consumer Occasional consumer Regular consumer
(n 557) (n 720) (n 350)
Recommendation Mean se Mean se Mean se P for trend
Wholegrain intake (servings/d) 1 1·00 0·03 0·63 0·02 0·59 0·03 <0·001
Fruit intake (servings/d) 2 1·43 0·02 1·20 0·02 1·11 0·02 <0·001
Vegetable intake (servings/d) 2 1·71 0·02 1·79 0·02 1·90 0·03 <0·001
Energy intake* (% of RDA) M ≤ 10 857 kJ/d (2595 kcal/d); F ≤ 8527 kJ/d (2038 kcal/d) 103·72 0·74 114·58 0·67 130·42 1·04 <0·001
Equivalent daily contribution of fast food to energy intake (%) 0·00 0 1·72 0·02 6·09 0·10 <0·001
Total fat intake (% of total energy) <30 % 29·55 0·10 31·93 0·09 33·50 0·11 <0·001
Equivalent daily contribution of fast food to total fat intake (%) 0·00 0 2·31 0·03 7·89 0·13 <0·001
SFA intake (% of total energy) <10 % 10·85 0·05 12·11 0·04 12·94 0·06 <0·001
Equivalent daily contribution of fast food to SFA intake (%) 0·00 0 2·23 0·03 7·38 0·12 <0·001
Weekly consumption frequency of fast food 0·00 0 0·8 0·01 3·6 0·06 <0·001

M, males; F, females.

*Mean energy intake recommendations; age- and gender-specific recommendations are used in all calculations.