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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Nutr Diet. 2008 Apr;21(2):150–158. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2008.00858.x

Table 2.

Ten major food sources of energy and macronutrients from four-day food diaries in a subsample of the Barbados National Cancer Study

Food sources of energy % contribution to energy Food sources of total fat % contribution to total fat Food sources of total sugar % contribution to sugar Food sources of fibre % contribution to fibre
Fish dishes 9.8 Fish dishes 16.7 Sweetened fruit juices/drinks 20.4 Wheat/multigrain bread 11.8
Chicken dishes 7.0 Chicken dishes 9.7 Homemade drinks incl. ginger beer, mauby drink and lemonade 6.8 Hot porridges 8.2
Rice dishes 6.1 Nuts 5.7 Honey/sugar/syrup 5.6 Rice dishes 4.8
White bread/bun 5.2 Hard cheese 3.8 Cakes 5.2 Apple 4.3
Sweetened fruit juices/drinks 4.8 Evaporated milk-full cream 3.3 Regular carbonated soft drinks 4.1 Fish dishes 3.9
Wheat/multigrain bread 4.7 White bread/bun 2.5 Banana 4.1 Cold cereals 3.7
Hot porridges 2.7 Margarine/butter 2.4 Chocolate drinks, malt and cocoa drinks 4.0 White bread/bun 3.6
Cakes 2.6 Eggs 2.4 Apple 3.8 Coucou 3.4
Crackers 2.2 Wheat/whole wheat bread 2.3 Mango 3.4 Chicken dishes 3.1
Nuts 2.0 Rice dishes 2.3 Orange/tangerine 2.4 Orange/tangerine 2.9
Total 47.1 Total 51.1 Total 59.6 Total 49.7