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. 2016 Feb 9;11(2):e0148541. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148541

Table 2. Proportion of and differences in daily food consumption by country and survey year, adjusted by gender.

Proportion of students with daily consumption % (n)
2001/2002 2005/2006 2009/2010
Fruit
Norway 24.1 36.3*** 38.8
(388) (550) (507)
Denmark 27.0 37.6***a 45.2**a
(370) (582) (556)
Finland 20.2 20.9b 22.2b
(350) (358) (473)
Sweden 22.1 27.9 **b 24.2*a
(269) (425) (505)
Total 23.2 30.5** 30.3
(1373) (1913) (2040)
Vegetables
Norway 18.2 26.2*** 28.4
(293) (397) (373)
Denmark 24.7 35.4 ***a 41.1*b
(336) (547) (504)
Finland 21.5 24.8b 24.8a
(374) (422) (530)
Sweden 29.8 34.1a 34.5 a
(362) (517) (711)
Total 23.0 30.0** 31.4
(1364) (1880) (2112)
Sweets
Norway 18.9 13.0*** 9.0**
(304) (199) (120)
Denmark 11.3 14.1*b 10.0**a
(153) (218) (121)
Finland 9.1 6.1**a 3.9**a
(159) (102) (83)
Sweden 15.2 9.6**a 8.9**a
(185) (145) (185)
Total 13.5 10.6** 7.6**
(801) (665) (508)
Soft drinks
Norway 27.1 17.4*** 14.7
(436) (227) (199)
Denmark 11.2 13.9*b 11.0*a
(149) (215) (131)
Finland 8.3 6.2 *a 5.0a
(145) (101) (105)
Sweden 14.3 9.7**a 8.9a
(175) (146) (185)
Total 15.3 11.7** 9.2**
(906) (732) (619)

a = trend is not significantly (p>.05) different from Norway.

b = trend is significantly (p < .05) different from the Norway.

***/**/* significant difference from last survey year p < .001/.01/.0