Table 2.

Canada's Food Guide servings and percentage of participants meeting minimum recommendations by vegetarian status and gender.

Food Group	Servings (Mean ± SE)		% Meeting Recommendation
	Non-vegetarian	Vegetarian	Non-vegetarian	Vegetarian
Grain Products1
♂	7.7 ± 0.16	7.9 ± 0.81	70.5	67.7
♀	5.0 ± 0.09	5.9 ± 0.31**	45.5	57.3*
Fruit and Vegetables1
♂	5.3 ± 0.13	7.3 ± 0.70**	45.5	64.5*
♀	4.5 ± 0.12	5.6 ± 0.40**	34.0	40.0
Milk and Milk Products2
♂	1.7 ± 0.06	3.0 ± 0.29***	33.5	67.7***
♀	1.4 ± 0.04	1.5 ± 0.14	25.3	33.3
Meat and Alternatives3
♂	4.5 ± 0.12	1.9 ± 0.6***	78.1	51.6***
♀	2.7 ± 0.07	2.6 ± 0.24	57.8	45.3*

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

¹ Minimum serving recommendation is 5 servings.

² Minimum serving recommendation is 2 servings.

³ Minimum serving recommendation is 2 servings; servings calculated as 50 g equivalent