Table 2.

Food intake frequency according to food groups. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 2005–2006.

Variables	Total (n = 1211)		Anthropometric Status
			Not Overweight/Obese		Overweight/Obese		p *
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Milk and dairy products
<median	636	52.5	572	54.5	64	39.5	0.000
≥median	575	47.5	477	45.5	98	60.5
Processed meats
<median	702	58.0	620	59.1	82	50.6	0.042
≥median	509	42.0	429	40.9	80	49.4
Fried foods
<median	531	43.8	461	43.9	70	43.2	0.860
≥median	680	56.2	588	56.1	92	56.8
Chicken
<median	769	63.5	677	64.5	92	56.8	0.057
≥median	442	36.5	372	35.5	70	43.2
Sweets
<median	602	49.7	517	49.3	85	52.5	0.451
≥median	609	50.3	532	50.7	77	47.5
Legumes
<median	785	64.8	676	64.4	109	67.3	0.481
≥median	426	35.2	373	35.6	53	32.7
Refined cereals
<median	599	49.5	512	48.8	87	53.7	0.246
≥median	612	50.5	537	51.2	75	46.3
Eggs
<median	1003	82.8	870	82.9	133	82.1	0.793
≥median	208	17.2	179	17.1	29	17.9
Meat
<median	593	49.0	520	49.6	73	45.1	0.285
≥median	618	51.0	529	50.4	89	54.9
Soft drinks/artificial juices
<median	711	58.7	617	58.8	94	58.0	0.849
≥median	500	41.3	432	41.2	68	42.0
Margarine
<median	443	36.6	379	36.1	64	39.5	0.406
≥median	768	63.4	670	63.9	98	60.5

p *—Chi-square test.