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. 2018 Mar 22;10(4):392. doi: 10.3390/nu10040392

Table 3.

Intake of major food groups (g/day) across the female population in the ANIBES study, segmented by geographical area (Nielsen regions).

Barcelona (Metropolitan Area) Canary Islands Central Levante (East) Madrid (Metropolitan Area) Northeast Northwest North Central South
n 72 49 84 159 131 119 75 82 225
Oils and fats (g/day) 25.7 a,b,c
(11.5)
19.2 d
(8.5)
21.9 a,d
(10.5)
23.0 a,b,d
(9.3)
22.8 a,b,d
(11.1)
24.1 a,b,c
(11.2)
21.8 a,d
(7.9)
26.7 b,c
(9.3)
27.6 c
(12.1)
Appetizers (g/day) 5.8
(14.6)
4.1
(8.8)
4.3
(12.5)
7.1
(14.3)
2.0
(6.1)
6.0
(14.1)
3.8
(8.1)
6.4
(12.4)
5.2
(11.5)
Sugars and sweets (g/day) 13.4 e
(12.8)
16.3 e,f
(15.6)
20.1 e,f
(19.1)
17.0 e,f
(17.2)
14.0 e
(13.7)
17.1 e,f
(16.2)
18.1 e,f
(15.5)
21.2 f
(18.2)
14.1 e
(14.6)
Alcoholic beverages (g/day) 28.1g
(53.3)
60.4 g,h
(116.8)
82.9 g,h
(135.4)
90.5 h
(158.3)
46.9 g,h
(144.6)
69.0 g,h
(147.4)
40.8 g,h
(80.2)
40.6 g,h
(94.1)
66.8 g,h
(131.0)
Non-alcoholic beverages (g/day) 838.4 i,j,k
(496.4)
900.0 j,k
(464.8)
843.7 i,j,k
(444.7)
1042.9 k
(523.8)
851.9 i,j,k
(463.8)
934.3 j,k
(591.2)
684.5 i
(416.4)
880.0 i,j,k
(592.0)
750.4 i,j
(425.7)
Meat and meat products (g/day) 131.6 l
(84.7)
94.2 m
(59.0)
113.3 l,m
(68.6)
123.7 l
(68.4)
135.0 l
(71.3)
125.1 l
(76.0)
136.3 l
(83.4)
137.2 l
(71.6)
126.5 l
(67.2)
Cereals/grains (g/day) 131.7
(54.0)
134.8
(51.2)
139.2
(58.4)
142.9
(57.4)
121.3
(51.5)
133.4
(57.3)
128.6
(62.1)
133.1
(56.4)
135.3
(51.4)
Fruits (g/day) 196.5
(159.2)
167.3
(182.0)
143.1
(144.1)
188.5
(178.0)
182.5
(176.8)
131.1
(156.1)
187.0
(196.1)
206.2
(264.4)
137.9
(145.8)
Eggs (g/day) 25.5
(28.3)
20.9
(21.8)
29.5
(25.3)
25.4(25.2) 25.1
(20.9)
23.0
(21.3)
30.6
(25.7)
30.4
(29.8)
23.9
(25.7)
Milk and dairy products (g/day) 230.2 n
(123.1)
265.2 n,o
(180.2)
267.0 n,o
(144.6)
248.3 n
(139.4)
272.2 n,o
(147.7)
230.3 n,o
(142.6)
268.1 n
(160.6)
310.6 o
(165.4)
244.3 n
(137.0)
Pulses (g/day) 16.1
(20.1)
13.2
(18.4)
12.1
(14.4
12.4
(16.3)
11.9
(15.8)
11.0
(16.0)
15.0
(22.1)
11.6
(16.1)
13.3
(15.6)
Fish and shellfish (g/day) 88.2 p
(88.0)
43.4 q
(51.7)
60.2 p,q
(95.6)
58.4 p,q
(64.2)
69.8 p,q
(71.0)
53.6 q
(63.4)
66.6 p,q
(66.3)
72.8 p,q
(72.8)
63.7 p,q
(68.0)
Ready-to-eat meals (g/day) 47.7
(67.7)
50.3
(53.0)
67.4
(70.4)
58.3
(63.8)
54.6
(59.3)
76.2
(75.0)
55.7
(57.1)
55.0
(61.6)
66.3
(71.5)
Sauces and condiments (g/day) 9.5
(10.0)
13.2
(11.0)
12.5
(15.4)
12.8
(15.1)
9.0
(11.7)
10.9
(12.5)
10.5
(14.9)
12.0
(13.6)
12.1
(13.9)
Supplements and meal replacements (g/day) 0.5
(2.0)
0.2
(1.4)
0.1
(1.1)
0.2
(1.6)
0.0
(0.0)
1.2
(10.8)
0.1
(0.8)
0.5
(3.4)
0.0
(0.2)
Vegetables (g/day) 212.6 r
(125.3
181.7
(115.0)
156.4 r,s
(106.9)
181.3 r,s
(112.3)
175.7 s
(102.6)
201.4 r,s
(122.8)
176.0 r,s
(98.3)
202.5 r,s
(123.6)
162.8 s
(91.3)

Data reported as means (standard error of the mean, SEM) per group. All differences are p < 0.05 (Student–Newman–Keuls test). Different superscript lowercase letters indicate statistical significance in each row.