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. 2012 Feb 4;12:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-12

Table 5.

Daily per capita quantity (g) and per eating occasion consumption (g) of 12 highest ranking food categories (contributing to energy, sodium, sugar, fat, and saturated fat) by Indigenous status and gender.1

Food category Boys (n = 93) Girls (n = 122)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 34) non-Indigenous (n = 59) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 48) non-Indigenous (n = 74)

Per capita E/O2 Per capita E/O2 Per capita E/O2 Per capita E/O2
Breads 116 85 93 72 97 68 85 62
Milk 284 218 308 218 281 218 245 210
Soft drinks, cordial, sports drinks 457 259 319 225 431 227 279 205
Higher-fat processed meat 76 95 63 91 51 86 53 96
Take-away meals3 62 192 34 161 26 121 28 145
Fruit juice 235 273 142 289 189 252 163 252
Hot chips 58 121 33 109 38 104 31 100
Sweet biscuits/cakes/muffins 17 65 31 55 26 57 37 56
Potato crisps and other salty snacks 22 31 14 26 17 25 14 23
Confectionery 24 33 21 30 25 26 20 28
Fruits 95 129 97 135 58 125 114 120
Vegetables 131 82 118 69 96 73 134 72

1 See Additional Files 3 and 4 [Tables S3 and S4] for complete tables which include all highest ranking food categories and highest ranked food item within each category, by gender and Indigenous status; 2 Eating occasion; 3 Take-away meals such as burgers/pizza.