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. 2015 Jun 12;7(6):4739–4762. doi: 10.3390/nu7064739

Table 9.

Dietary sources of energy (%) from food subgroups in elderly adults from the ANIBES survey of the Spanish population.

Elderly 65–75 Years
Total Men Women
n 206 99 107
Energy (kcal/day) 1618 1771 1476
Bread 12.5 12.6 12.3
Olive oil 12.2 12.0 12.5
Fruits 8.7 8.1 9.4
Meat 8.5 8.7 8.3
Bakery and pastry 6.4 6.1 6.8
Milk 5.9 5.3 6.4
Vegetables 5.0 4.7 5.2
Fish and shellfish 4.7 4.3 5.0
Sausages and other meat products 4.5 5.1 3.9
Grains and flours 4.1 4.3 3.9
Low alcohol content beverages 3.3 4.8 1.9
Yogurt and fermented milk 3.1 2.5 3.7
Pulses 2.9 3.2 2.5
Eggs 2.8 2.7 2.8
Pasta 2.5 2.1 2.8
Cheese 2.3 1.9 2.6
Butter, margarine and shortening 1.8 1.5 2.2
Ready-to-eat-meals 1.8 2.1 1.6
Sugar 1.4 1.3 1.4
Juices and nectars 0.9 0.9 0.9
Sauces and condiments 0.9 0.7 1.1
Other dairy products 0.8 0.7 1.0
Other oils 0.8 0.8 0.8
Breakfast cereals and cereal bars 0.8 0.7 0.9
Jams and other 0.8 0.6 0.9
Sugared soft drinks 0.7 0.6 0.7
Chocolate 0.5 0.6 0.4
Appetizers 0.3 0.3 0.3
Other drinks (non-alcoholic) 0.3 0.4 0.3
Coffee and herbal teas 0.3 0.2 0.4
High alcohol content beverages 0.3 0.5 0.0
Viscera and offal 0.2 0.2 0.1
Supplements and meal replacements 0.1 0.2 0.0
Sports drinks 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other sweets 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unsweetened soft drinks 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy drinks 0.0 0.0 0.0
Water 0.0 0.0 0.0