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) | ||||||
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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 |