Table 2.

Comparison of typical portion sizes (in grams) of discretionary foods between 1995 and 2011–2012.

Food Categories	1995					2011					Percentage Difference between Median
	n	Median (g)	IQR	Mean (g)	SD	n	Median (g)	IQR	Mean (g)	SD
Foods
Pizza	485	148	91, 260	194	154	466	228	144, 328	255	151	54 *
Cake	2467	62	36, 99	80	69	1540	95	56, 143	108	73	53 *
Sausage	974	90	57, 141	108	81	611	114	89, 178	145	80	27 *
Processed meat	3280	29	18, 48	39	39	1989	34	17, 52	45	42	17 *
Ice cream	1436	73	46, 124	96	75	1149	83	66, 132	104	71	14 *
Cereal bar	181	31	31, 32	35	13	483	32	31, 42	40	17	3
Biscuit	3960	20	13, 33	26	21	3150	20	14, 34	28	28	0
Chocolate	2070	24	13, 45	34	33	2138	24	13, 45	35	38	0
Pastry	1840	150	89, 186	158	110	1113	130	67, 175	138	100	−13 *
Snack food	796	30	21, 50	40	33	827	25	17, 50	44	47	−17 *
Potato fries	1567	120	100, 150	133	75	1045	73	46, 122	99	90	−39 *
Beverages
Wine	1549	249	166, 375	307	227	1555	297	208, 488	390	290	19 *
SSB	3338	350	261, 469	401	267	2763	374	270, 468	424	269	7
Beer	1804	755	378, 1134	941	826	1249	758	379, 1137	955	840	0

IQR: interquartile range, SD standard deviation; * p < 0.05.