Table 1.

Significant differences in food intake by gender, 1991–95 (Exam 5)

	Men			Women
	Obs (n=)	Mean	SD	Obs (n=)	Mean	SD	p-val
Dairy
Ice cream	1588	1.26	2.16	1776	0.80	1.72	<0.001
Yogurt	1576	0.58	1.77	1790	1.09	2.08	<0.001
Cottage/ricotta ch.	1578	0.27	0.60	1785	0.53	1.13	<0.001
Cheese	1601	2.54	3.31	1804	2.11	2.55	<0.001
Sour cream	1568	0.19	0.49	1776	0.28	0.93	<0.001
Fruits
Cantaloupe	1583	0.41	0.71	1794	0.66	1.06	<0.001
Watermelon	1566	0.21	0.64	1773	0.31	0.57	<0.001
Strawberries	1589	0.35	0.63	1804	0.63	1.27	<0.001
Blueberries	1595	0.22	0.53	1799	0.34	0.67	<0.001
Vegetables
String beans	1596	0.92	0.95	1802	1.14	1.21	<0.001
Broccoli	1588	1.03	1.13	1800	1.61	1.54	<0.001
Carrots, raw	1590	0.92	1.87	1784	1.50	2.92	<0.001
Carrots, cooked	1587	0.93	1.03	1797	1.13	1.27	<0.001
Winter squash	1588	0.40	0.54	1792	0.60	0.76	<0.001
Summer squash	1602	0.51	0.73	1806	0.74	0.94	<0.001
Yams/sweet potatoes	1602	0.16	0.38	1812	0.23	0.52	<0.001
Spinach, cooked	1598	0.37	0.57	1803	0.46	0.73	<0.001
Iceberg/head lettuce	1586	2.36	2.36	1797	2.99	3.25	<0.001
Romaine/leaf lettuce	1593	1.03	1.86	1804	1.51	2.39	<0.001
Garlic	1604	1.45	2.49	1809	2.11	3.22	<0.001
Protein sources
Eggs	1594	1.60	2.23	1799	1.12	1.25	<0.001
Chicken, w/ skin	1543	0.94	1.24	1742	0.66	1.05	<0.001
Chicken, no skin	1562	1.78	1.59	1784	2.23	2.13	<0.001
Bacon	1595	0.59	1.03	1801	0.32	0.66	<0.001
Hot dogs	1596	0.76	0.99	1805	0.43	0.66	<0.001
Processed meats	1601	1.48	2.79	1803	0.65	1.24	<0.001
Hamburger	1505	1.25	1.22	1685	0.82	0.79	<0.001
Dark fish	1597	0.31	0.51	1800	0.24	0.49	<0.001
Grains & starches
White bread	1581	6.35	8.06	1796	4.92	6.77	<0.001
French fries	1591	0.76	1.01	1802	0.39	0.63	<0.001
Chips	1598	1.17	1.84	1800	0.90	1.50	<0.001
Pizza	1598	0.89	0.97	1810	0.70	0.90	<0.001
Pancakes/waffles	1605	0.40	0.66	1807	0.33	0.62	<0.001
Chowder/cream soup	1591	0.40	0.58	1801	0.29	0.48	<0.001
Beverages
Cola	1581	1.50	3.72	1794	0.65	2.51	<0.001
Non-cola soft drinks	1597	0.79	2.04	1805	0.50	1.91	<0.001
Coffee	1587	13.53	11.35	1800	11.36	10.87	<0.001
Tea	1568	2.05	4.99	1775	3.85	6.84	<0.001
Beer	1593	3.92	7.64	1801	0.53	2.23	<0.001
Red wine	1591	0.99	2.73	1793	0.62	2.17	<0.001
Liquor	1604	2.26	5.42	1811	1.29	3.74	<0.001
Punch/lemonade	1592	1.00	2.65	1797	0.68	2.01	<0.001
White wine	1581	0.94	2.67	1797	1.35	3.53	<0.001
Sweets & snacks
Cookies, readymade	1589	3.34	6.51	1789	2.48	4.84	<0.001
Doughnuts	1592	0.95	1.87	1792	0.41	0.83	<0.001
Pie, readymade	1569	0.22	0.47	1771	0.13	0.40	<0.001
Peanut butter	1596	1.80	3.34	1797	1.34	2.68	<0.001
Popcorn	1597	1.13	2.69	1805	1.57	3.40	<0.001
Nuts	1594	0.83	2.04	1801	0.50	1.18	<0.001
Cake, readymade	1582	0.31	0.64	1782	0.25	0.68	0.008

Note: The unit of analysis is servings peer week of each food item. ANOVA F-test used to calculate group mean differences. 71 of the 121 surveyed food items are not shown here due to non-significant (p>0.01) differences.