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Table 4. Comparison of median typical portion sizes and interquartile range (grams) for commonly consumed discretionary foods among adults 19 years and over (2011–12 NNPAS) with Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG) 600 kJ standard serve for discretionary foods¹.

	Male 19 + years						Female 19 + years
	Portion size (g)			Energy per portion (kJ)		Percent Difference	Portion size (g)			Energy per portion (kJ)		Percent Difference
	n	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Percent Difference	n	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Percent Difference
Tomato sauce	316	14	14–28	61	61–122	−90	237	14	14–21	61	61–90	−90
Ham	573	17	17–34	79	79–159	−87	558	17	17–25	79	79–134	−87
Sugar, white	1272	7	4–12	108	67–194	−82	1177	6	4–8	90	67–134	−85
Jams and conserves	378	14	7–28	154	77–307	−74	489	14	7–16	129	77–159	−79
Honey	363	14	7–29	188	94–377	−69	393	11	7–20	151	94–163	−75
Butter and dairy blends	760	7	5–10	218	145–291	−64	1002	5	5–10	146	145–290	−76
Savoury biscuits	521	20	12–34	348	202–628	−42	927	17	11–27	303	187–483	−50
Mayonnaise	310	20	14–21	390	334–576	−35	435	20	14–21	349	292–503	−42
Fruit drinks	345	312	208–392	542	387–732	−10	364	284	208–364	503	366–658	−16
Sweet biscuits	887	28	16–39	561	302–776	−7	1149	19	15–33	388	287–685	−35
Cordials	294	459	335–763	584	399–1043	−3	253	357	263–473	414	149–574	−31
Potato crisps	290	28	19–50	595	388–1080	−1	251	21	14–45	454	298–944	−24
Chocolate	636	28	16–50	602	331–997	0	886	25	15–50	545	320–978	−9
Soft drinks, sugar-sweetened	913	390	343–507	655	524–786	9	759	364	260–390	575	427–655	−4
Ice-cream	578	84	74–138	845	542–1149	41	571	79	64–102	651	440–940	9
Potatoes, fries/wedges	579	74	57–128	933	540–1402	56	466	72	36–114	835	363–1187	39
Wines, red/white	641	347	238–495	1036	710–1603	73	914	297	188–475	876	590–1450	46
Beers, regular alcohol	806	758	279–1212	1083	541–1733	81	156	379	333–756	542	503–1061	−10
Cakes, buns, muffins	600	110	65–163	1532	882–2190	155	830	95	49–142	1282	747–2042	114
Savoury pastries	426	175	130–175	1592	1414–1720	165	333	160	80–175	1592	793–1701	165
Sausages and frankfurts	352	152	89–200	1629	913–2072	172	261	101	89–178	1082	913–1993	80
Hamburgers	345	254	197–345	2425	2070–2838	304	257	203	155–306	2025	1627–2715	238
Pizza	212	291	164–375	3103	1872–4106	417	254	188	100–281	2005	1095–2987	234

*Percentage difference calculated as (NNPAS energy per portion–600 kJ)*100/600kJ, P < 0.0001 (one sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests).

¹All data were weighted to represent population estimates. IQR: Interquartile range.

Table 4. Comparison of median typical portion sizes and interquartile range (grams) for commonly consumed discretionary foods among adults 19 years and over (2011–12 NNPAS) with Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG) 600 kJ standard serve for discretionary foods1.

Table 4. Comparison of median typical portion sizes and interquartile range (grams) for commonly consumed discretionary foods among adults 19 years and over (2011–12 NNPAS) with Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG) 600 kJ standard serve for discretionary foods¹.