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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2011 Jun 7;106(12):1899–1914. doi: 10.1017/S0007114511002340

Table 2A.

Median daily intakes of macronutrients from food sources only, males by age and survey year

Boys 4-10y Boys 11-18y Men 19-64y
2008-09
(n=119)
1997
(n=440)
2008-09
(n=114)
1997
(n=416)
2008-09
(n=181)
2000-01
(n=833)



Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR

Energy (MJ) 6.595 5.709-7.542 6.965 5.981-8.058 8.834 7.486-10.330 8.687 7.325-10.170 8.452 7.277-10.125 8.966 7.297-10.449
Energy (kcal) 1571 1354-1788 1656 1428-1919 2092 1782-2447 2068 1743-2419 2006 1723-2403 2130 1736-2481
Protein (g) 56.3* 48.5-63.0 51.3 43.3-61.1 76.1* 62.5-87.4 69.3 56.1-82.5 88.8 72.3-104.6 86.6 70.1-102.8
Protein (% food energy) 14.2** 13.0-15.8 12.5 11.2-13.8 14.7** 13.0-16.1 13.2 11.8-15.1 16.8* 15.0-19.9 16.3 14.2-18.4
Fat (g) 61.4 47.8-70.6 64.3 54.3-77.0 77.8 62.6-99.2 81.7 66.8-97.5 80.1 63.6-99.1 82.9 64.8-103.5
Fat (% food energy) 34.0 30.8-37.8 35.6 32.7-38.1 34.8 31.4-38.0 35.6 32.3-39.0 36.0 32.0-39.8 35.9 31.5-39.9
Saturated fatty acids (g) 23.8** 18.6-28.2 26.5 22.0-31.8 30.2 21.7-38.9 32.0 25.1-38.7 29.2 21.7-36.6 30.7 22.8-40.1
Saturated fat (% food energy) 13.2** 11.6-15.0 14.6 12.9-16.1 12.6** 11.2-14.4 13.8 12.1-15.5 12.9 10.9-14.8 13.3 11.1-15.4
Carbohydrate (g) 215 187-249 229 194-267 287 226-339 280 230-330 248 207-309 271 215-326
Carbohydrate (% food energy) 51.2 47.9-54.5 52.2 48.8-54.8 50.5 46.9-53.8 51.2 47.1-54.5 46.6 42.9-50.2 48.0 43.5-52.4
Starch (g) 118 102-139 119 101-142 157 128-181 155 130-187 141* 112-172 153 119-190
Starch (% food energy) 28.8 25.3-32.1 27.1 24.4-30.5 28.1 24.8-30.9 28.5 25.5-31.9 26.1 23.3-29.5 27.2 23.6-31.1
Total sugars (g) 93** 73-115 107 85-131 128 91-153 119 87-156 107 80-136 113 79-147
Total sugars (% food energy) 22.3* 18.3-26.3 24.4 20.3-28.0 22.0 17.5-26.9 21.6 18.2-26.0 20.0 15.6-23.4 20.2 15.6-24.8
Non milk extrinsic sugars (g) 58** 42-74 74 55-94 85 61-121 88 60-118 67 45-86 69 46-103
NMES (% food energy) 13.7** 10.8-17.8 16.8 13.3-21.0 15.5 12.2-19.4 16.1 12.2-19.8 12.2 8.4-16.1 12.4 8.6-17.3
Intrinsic and milk sugars (g) 31 26-43 31 23-40 31 22-48 30 21-40 36 24-51 36 24-53
IMS (% food energy) 7.5 6.3-10.0 7.0 5.3-8.8 5.7 4.1-8.0 5.5 4.1-6.9 6.6 4.5-8.8 6.4 4.6-8.8
Intrinsic and milk sugars and
starch (g)
154 134-180 151 129-177 192 156-225 188 157-223 178 150-224 193 150-239
IMSS (% food energy) 37.2** 33.8-40.2 34.2 31.6-37.7 33.9 31.3-38.0 34.6 31.0-38.0 33.3 29.6-37.2 34.3 29.7-39.0
Englyst fibre (g) 10.8** 8.5-12.8 9.4 7.3-11.9 12.6 9.7-15.8 11.7 9.5-14.7 14.0 11.4-18.3 14.7 10.7-19.2

IQR, interquartile range

NMES, non-milk extrinsic sugars

IMS, intrinsic and milk sugars

IMSS, intrinsic and milk sugars, and starch

*

significantly different from previous survey P<0.001

**

significantly different from previous survey P<0.0001