Table 2.

Comparison of dietary intake amongst children with diets high or low in “junk food” based on dietary intake at age 81 months (for all those with dietary data: n = 7727)

Frequency of consumption of food item at least 4 times per week	Children in				Frequency of consumption of food item at least 4 times per week	Children in
	lowest quintile of “junk food”		highest quintile of “junk food”			lowest quintile of “junk food”		highest quintile of “junk food”
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Crispy coated chicken/turkey	23	1.5	411	13.3	Sausages/burgers	2	0.1	67	2.2
Oven/Fried chips	67	4.4	1471	47.7	Pizza	3	0.2	62	2.0
Crisps	293	19.1	2126	69.0	Baked beans	15	1.0	267	8.7
Ice cream	17	1.1	669	21.7	Tinned pasta	7	0.5	209	6.8
Cake	108	7.0	844	27.4	Pasta	144	9.4	153	5.0
Chocolate coated biscuits	242	15.7	1857	60.3	Rice	43	2.8	80	2.6
Biscuits	211	13.7	1516	49.2	Fresh citrus fruit	392	25.5	821	26.6
Chocolate bars	21	1.4	919	29.8	Other fresh fruit	1024	66.6	1761	57.1
Sweets	20	1.3	744	24.1	Green leafy vegetables1	306	19.9	276	9.0
Cola/Other fizzy drinks	193	12.5	1809	58.7	Other green vegetables2	181	11.8	179	5.8
Ice lollies	5	0.3	474	15.4	Carrots	385	25.0	425	13.8
Milk-based puddings	12	0.8	258	8.4	Other root vegetables3	46	3.0	53	1.7

¹Cabbage, brussel sprouts, spinach, broccoli and other dark green leafy vegetables

²Other green vegetables (cauliflower, runner beans, leeks, okra, courgettes etc)

³Other root vegetables (turnip, swede, parsnip etc)