Table 1.

Prevalence of game bird consumption, portion size and proportion of total meat intake in the UK (NDNS 2008–2010; n 2126, participants aged 1·5 to >65 years)

	Eat game birds*
	Yes		No		Game bird consumption if yes (g/d)†			Game bird meat as proportion of total meat intake for game bird consumers‡
Age (years)	n	%	n	%	Mean	sd	Range	Mean	sd	Range
≤6	3	5·2	339	16·4	6·8	9·7	1·3–23·2	0·08	0·11	0·01–0·26
6–18	15	25·9	737	35·7	22·3	21·9	3·75–92·9	0·19	0·19	0·06–0·76
19–64	34	58·9	779	37·7	17·8	13·4	2·0–46·9	0·18	0·16	0·02–0·54
≥65	6	10·3	212	10·3	30·1	30·1	1·8–79·0	0·28	0·29	0·00–0·76

NDNS, National Diet and Nutrition Survey.

*χ ² test for effect of age group on game bird consumption (yes/no), P = 0·006.

†ANOVA for effect of age group on intake of game birds in game bird consumers, P = 0·224 (NS).

‡ANOVA for effect of age group on game birds as a proportion of total meat intake in game bird consumers, P = 0·406 (NS).