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 | ||||||||
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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.