Table 2.
Comparison of titles and foods included in muscle food categories from the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Food Pattern Equivalency Database (NHANES, FPED) datasets.
| NHANES, FPED Dataset 1 | USDA-ERS Dataset 2 |
|---|---|
| Total meat | Total meat, fish, eggs and nuts |
| Meat Cured Meat Poultry Organ meat Seafood from high omega-3 sources Seafood from low omega-3 sources |
Total red meat Total Poultry Total fresh and frozen, canned, and cured fish and shellfish Eggs Peanuts Total tree nuts Coconut |
| Meat | Total red meat |
| Beef Veal Pork Lamb Game meat |
Beef Veal Pork Lamb |
| Cured Meat | Category not included in dataset |
| Cured or luncheon meat made from beef, pork or poultry | |
| Poultry | Total poultry |
| Chicken Turkey Cornish hens Game birds |
Chicken Turkey |
| * Two categories of Seafood | Total fresh and frozen, canned, and cured fish and Shellfish |
| Seafood from high omega-3 sources Finfish Shellfish Other seafood Seafood from low omega-3 sources Finfish Shellfish Other seafood |
Total fresh and frozen fish and shellfish Fresh and frozen fish Fresh and frozen shellfish Total canned fish and shellfish Canned salmon Canned sardines Canned tuna Canned shellfish Other canned fish Cured Fish |
| Other Categories in the dataset | Other Categories in the dataset |
| Organ Meat | Eggs |
| Organ meat from beef, veal, pork, lamb, game or poultry | Peanuts |
| Total Tree nuts Almonds Hazelnuts Pecans Walnuts Macadamia nuts Pistachio nuts Other tree nuts | |
| Coconut |
1 Adapted from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, What We Eat in America, Food Pattern Equivalency Database 2013–2014 dataset available at [12]. 2 Adapted from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System, Loss-Adjusted Food Availability, Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and nuts, and fish available at [9]. * Two separate categories of seafood included in dataset; no total seafood category included.