Table 3.

Dietary intake of various food types for study participants in the NHANES 2003–2004 data sets (ounce equivalents consumed per day for meat, poultry, eggs, and fish; cups consumed for others).

Food type	Mean	Median	SE	Range
Total dairy	1.7	1.2	0.035	0–15.1
Total eggs	0.5	0.02	0.02	0–6.6
Total fisha	0.4	0	0.03	0–14.3
Total meatb	1.8	0.5	0.05	0–25.5
Total poultry	1.3	0	0.05	0–17.7
Total fruit	1.04	0.6	0.03	0–12.1
Legumes	0.13	0	0.01	0–3.9
Potato	0.4	0	0.01	0–9.0
Tomato	0.4	0.2	0.01	0–5.2
Total vegetablesc	1.4	1.1	0.02	0–11.57

^aTotal fish low in omega-3 amino acids.

^bTotal meat from beef, pork, veal, lamb, and game.

^cTotal vegetables consumed, excluding legumes.