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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Mar 24;33(6):621–628. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.45

Table 1.

The meat consumption of US adults (g/day/person): NHANES 1999–2004

Mean s.e. % of total meat
Men and women
 All meat 212.4 2.5 100
 Red meat 39.9 0.8 19
 Poultry 30.0 0.8 14
 Sea food 14.2 0.7 7
 Other meat productsa 109.4 2.4 52
Men
 All meat 260.0 3.9 100
 Red meat 52.9 1.2 20
 Poultry 34.8 1.2 13
 Sea food 16.5 1.0 6
 Other meat productsa 134.9 3.6 52
Women
 All meat 168.5 2.2 100
 Red meat 28.0 0.9 17
 Poultry 25.6 0.8 15
 Sea food 12.1 0.7 7
 Other meat productsa 85.8 2.1 51

Abbreviation: NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

a

Other meat products included frankfurter and sausage, organ meats and food mixtures, mainly composed of meat, poultry and fish.