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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jun 22;70(10):1162–1167. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.101

Table 4. Levels of positive food elements in healthy and unhealthy meals, based on two different definitions of ‘healthy’.

Standard “Healthy” defined by Saturated fats, salt and sugar “Healthy” defined by 7 out of 14 nutrients
Healthy Unhealthy P* Healthy Unhealthy P*
Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE
Fibre(g) 4.2 2.93 0.14 4.13 0.04 P<0.001 5.44 0.06 3.01 0.03 P<0.001
Iron(mg) 3 1.55 0.58 2.79 0.21 P<0.001 3.45 0.34 2.16 0.02 P<0.001
Calcium(mg) 193 142.28 4.84 294.97 2.54 P<0.001 343.42 4.15 243.20 2.64 P<0.001
Zinc (mg) 2.5 1.07 0.04 2.10 0.02 P<0.001 2.56 0.03 1.64 0.67 P<0.001
Folate (µg) 53 33.35 1.63 55.28 0.62 P<0.001 71.61 1.03 40.69 0.52 P<0.001
Energy(kcal) 504-557 331.87 2.15 558.20 2.40 P<0.001 515.20 2.73 432.58 3.41 P<0.001