Table 3.

Food frequency data for the runners (study group, S) and the reference group (R) (in %).

Food group	Frequency of intake
	At least once a day		4–6 times per week		1–3 times per week		Several times a month or never
	S	R	S	R	S	R	S	R
Fruit	60.1	48.3	29.3	21.2	9.5	27.7	0.9	2.8
Vegetables	61.5	52.1	28.1	23.1	8.8	23.9	1.2	2.3
Whole grain foods	33.7	9.6	34.3	11.4	21.7	35.8	10.2	43.2
White starchy foods	4.7	12.3	22.6	26.8	59.1	57.3	13.6	3.6
Low-fat dairy products	18.9	10.9	23.2	14.1	30.8	39.0	26.9	36.0
Whole milk products	5.4	11.8	9.4	15.4	46.2	47.7	39.1	25.1
Fish and seafood	1.8	1.4	14.6	2.4	66.2	49.4	17.4	46.8
Red meat	2.3	7.6	10.9	14.2	57.9	61.5	29.0	16.7
White meat	2.8	5.0	24.0	15.7	63.5	68.7	9.9	10.6
Sweets and pastry	9.7	8.4	15.0	12.7	41.1	36.5	34.2	43.4