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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2013 Nov;45(5):10.1016/j.amepre.2013.06.013. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.06.013

Table 2.

SoFAS content of foods consumed by children from stores, schools, and fast food restaurantsa

CSFII NHANES NHANES NHANES NHANES p for trend P for interaction
1994–1998
2003–2004
2005–2006
2007–2008
2009–2010
N= 8797 N= 3535 N= 3741 N= 2953 N= 3077
SoFAS, % kcal/dayb
 Total 38.9 ± 0.2 37.3 ± 0.6 36.4 ± 0.3 35.0 ± 0.3 33.4 ± 0.3 <0.0001 -
 Store 38.3 ± 0.3y 38.1 ± 0.7x 36.1 ± 0.5y 35.5 ± 0.5y 33.2 ± 0.4x <0.001 ref
 School 38.7 ± 0.5y 33.9 ± 1.1y 35.8 ± 0.8y 32.2 ± 0.7z 31.2 ± 0.8y <0.001 <0.001
 Fast food 43.3 ± 0.6x 37.9 ± 0.7x 39.1 ± 0.6x 37.2 ± 0.6x 34.6 ± 1.0xy <0.001 <0.001
Added sugar, % kcal/day
 Total 17.7 ± 0.2 17.1 ± 0.5 15.8 ± 0.3 15.1 ± 0.3 14.1 ± 0.4 <0.0001 -
 Store 19.3 ± 0.3x 20.0 ± 0.7x 17.7 ± 0.5x 17.2 ± 0.5x 15.6 ± 0.5x <0.001 ref
 School 13.3 ± 0.6z 12.0 ± 1.0y 12.9 ± 0.8y 10.9 ± 0.5y 10.4 ± 0.6y <0.001 0.5
 Fast food 15.8 ± 0.7y 11.7 ± 0.7y 12.3 ± 0.9y 12.1 ± 0.7y 10.7 ± 1.1y <0.001 0.2
Solid fat, % kcal/day
 Total 21.1 ± 0.2 20.1 ± 0.3 20.6 ± 0.2 19.8 ± 0.3 19.3 ± 0.2 <0.0001 -
 Store 18.9 ± 0.2z 18.1 ± 0.4z 18.4 ± 0.2z 18.3 ± 0.3z 17.6 ± 0.3z <0.001 ref
 School 25.4 ± 0.3y 22.0 ± 0.7y 22.9 ± 0.5y 21.3 ± 0.5y 20.9 ± 0.6y <0.001 <0.0001
 Fast food 27.5 ± 0.4x 26.2 ± 0.5x 26.7 ± 0.8x 25.1 ± 0.7x 23.9 ± 0.7x <0.001 0.01
Total energy, per capita (kcal/day)c
 Total 2005 ± 24 2118 ± 23 2026 ± 34 1907 ± 25 1907 ± 25 0.003 -
 Store 1365 ± 25x 1407 ± 34x 1326 ± 25x 1242 ± 21x 1310 ± 20x 0.005 ref
 School 175 ± 7z 150 ± 20z 133 ± 12z 162 ± 19z 162 ± 19y 0.2 0.07
 Fast food 216 ± 8y 316 ± 21y 287 ± 18y 240 ± 16y 207 ± 9y 0.4 0.007
Total energy, per consumer (kcal/day)d
 Store 1395 ± 24x 1426 ± 33x 1341 ± 26x 1260 ± 21x 1324 ± 20x 0.001 ref
 School 654 ± 13z 675 ± 31z 628 ± 21z 650 ± 31y 670 ± 23y 0.9 0.007
 Fast food 746 ± 17y 825 ± 25y 792 ± 24y 735 ± 32y 655 ± 13y 0.02 0.3

Note: Boldface indicates significance.

a

Data for children aged 2–18 years. Values are M± SE and take into account survey design and sample weights. Mean percentages are calculated as means of per-person ratios. Linear trends were significant at p<0.05, and test of interactions with p<0.1 indicated that linear trends for schools or fast-food restaurants were significantly different from linear trends for stores.

b

Percentage of energy intake per day (% kcal/day) from a given location that was provided by SoFAS among consumers at that location.

c

Mean total energy intake per capita consumed from each location, including consumers and nonconsumers.

d

Mean total energy intake consumed from each location among store food consumers, school food consumers, and fast-food consumers.

x, y, z

Means for stores, schools, and fast-food restaurants were compared for the specified survey year using pairwise t-tests with p<0.05/3, which includes Bonferroni correction, considered significant. Within columns for each nutrient, values with a common letter are not significantly different.

CSFII, Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals; kcal/d, kilocalories per day; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; SoFAS, total energy from solid fat and added sugar