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. 2020 Apr 20;23(13):2314–2326. doi: 10.1017/S136898001900449X

Table 5.

Dietary sources of minerals among 1- to 19-year-old Greek children and adolescents: Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey

Ranking Food group % Total % Cumulative
Ca
 1 Milk 30·7 30·7
 2 Cheese 13·3 44·0
 3 Processed cereals 11·5 55·5
 4 Fast-food 11·4 66·9
 5 Water 5·0 71·9
 6 Desserts and sweets 3·8 75·7
 7 Processed red meat 3·0 78·7
 8 Animal fat 2·8 81·5
 9 Yogurt 2·7 84·2
 10 Non-starchy vegetables 2·4 86·6
P
 1 Milk 20·9 20·9
 2 Processed cereals 12·5 33·4
 3 Cheese 9·1 42·5
 4 Fast-food 9·0 51·5
 5 Red meat 6·1 57·6
 6 Desserts and sweets 3·9 61·5
 7 Non-starchy vegetables 3·5 65·0
 8 White meat 3·5 68·5
 9 Baked products 3·2 71·7
 10 Processed red meat 2·8 74·5
Mg
 1 Processed cereals 15·5 15·5
 2 Milk 11·9 27·4
 3 Coffee 8·8 36·2
 4 Fruits 6·8 43·0
 5 Water 6·2 49·2
 6 Fast-food 5·0 54·2
 7 Desserts and sweets 5·0 59·2
 8 Non-starchy vegetables 4·7 63·9
 9 Potato 4·1 68·0
 10 Cheese 3·6 71·6
Fe
 1 Processed cereals 41·2 41·2
 2 Wholegrain cereals 11·4 52·6
 3 Non-starchy vegetables 4·3 56·9
 4 Fast-food 4·0 60·9
 5 Baked products 3·7 64·6
 6 Olive oil and olives 3·2 67·8
 7 Red meat 3·1 70·9
 8 Desserts and sweets 2·9 73·8
 9 Potato 2·6 76·4
 10 Cheese 2·4 78·8
Zn
 1 Processed cereals 20·7 20·7
 2 Red meat 11·8 32·5
 3 Milk 10·9 43·4
 4 Cheese 8·0 51·4
 5 Fast-food 5·7 57·1
 6 White meat 4·9 62·0
 7 Wholegrain cereals 4·6 66·6
 8 Non-starchy vegetables 4·2 70·8
 9 Desserts and sweets 3·8 74·6
 10 Olive oil and olives 3·3 77·9
Cu
 1 Processed cereals 18·3 18·3
 2 Water 11·3 29·6
 3 Desserts and sweets 9·4 39·0
 4 Fruits 9·1 48·1
 5 Potato 8·0 56·1
 6 Milk 7·5 63·6
 7 Baked products 4·3 67·9
 8 Wholegrain cereals 3·3 71·2
 9 Red meat 3·0 74·2
 10 Fast-food 2·5 76·7
Se
 1 Processed cereals 31·0 31·0
 2 Milk 11·0 42·0
 3 Red meat 8·6 50·6
 4 White meat 6·7 57·3
 5 Fish and shellfish 6·0 63·3
 6 Cheese 5·7 69·0
 7 Baked products 4·6 73·6
 8 Wholegrain cereals 3·6 77·2
 9 Desserts and sweets 3·4 80·6
 10 Processed red meat 3·3 83·9
Potassium
 1 Milk 16·4 16·4
 2 Fruits 11·4 27·8
 3 Coffee 8·4 36·2
 4 Processed cereals 7·7 43·9
 5 Potato 7·7 51·6
 6 Non-starchy vegetables 7·4 59·0
 7 Red meat 5·0 64·0
 8 Olive oil and olives 4·5 68·5
 9 Fast-food 4·3 72·8
 10 Desserts and sweets 3·3 76·1