Table 3.

Trends in energy content of fast-food restaurant lunch/dinner menu offerings between 1997/1998 and 2009/2010

		1997/1998	1999/2000	2001/2002	2003/2004	2005/2006	2007/2008	2009/2010
Entire Menu	Items, n	679	670	672	729	807	825	1036
	M (SD) kcal/item	300 (246)	303(246)	311 (249)	310 (265)	341(283)	335 (276)	329 (280)
	Median kcal/item	265	267	284	264	291	288	269
	Interquartile range, kcal/item	94-445	98-451	100-460	108-445	119-512	117-483	100-488
Entrees	Items, n	211	212	221	230	297	315	380
	M (SD) kcal/item	416 (196)	423 (201)	423 (187)	420 (192)	461 (212)	459 (222)	453 (224)
	Median kcal/item	403	397	395	381	426	417	409
	Interquartile range, kcal/item	285-533	279-538	309-539	300-531	317-599	312-577	300-574
Sides	Items, n	71	72	77	78	94	93	105
	M (SD) kcal/item	299 (178)	299(178)	347 (208)	295 (193)	288 (199)	266 (209)	263(196)
	Median kcal/item	264	264	327	278	252	202	219
	Interquartile range, kcal/item	164-424	164-424	198-485	130-421	109-455	89-395	91-372
Drinks	Items, n	229	213	200	220	233	235	341
	M (SD) kcal/item	226 (278)	220 (279)	214 (285)	235 (327)	265 (350)	246 (313)	231(290)
	Median kcal/item	120	115	115	113	125	129	123
	Interquartile range, kcal/item	2-350	0-306	0-270	0-280	0-359	0 - 345	6-344
Condiments	Items, n	74	78	76	92	96	96	108
	M (SD) kcal/item	84 (83)	97 (92)	90 (86)	104 (81)	113 (89)	111 (85)	103 (75)
	Median kcal/item	54	58	55	77	84	87	82
	Interquartile range, kcal/item	34-109	34-134	34-122	41-143	44-182	43-167	45-140
Desserts	Items, n	94	95	98	109	87	86	102
	M (SD) kcal/item	390 (219)	391 (216)	400 (221)	416 (243)	443 (275)	447 (279)	502 (322)
	Median kcal/item	334	344	340	347	356	363	414
	Interquartile range, kcal/item	238–530	238–530	243–550	243–603	248–620	250–619	252 – 719