Table 3.

Usual intake of food groups according to the number of servings recommended by the 2006 Brazilian National Dietary Guidelines.

Food Group	Gender			BMI (kg/m2)			p-Value *	Physical Activity		p-Value *
	Male	Female	All	<25	25–29.9	≥30		Yes	No
Cereals
Mean	3.8	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.2		3.5	3.4
SD 1	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.2	0.9		1.3	1.2
% below six servings	91.7	98.5	95.8	94.4	96.7	99.4	0.13	95.6	96.9	0.62
Vegetables
Mean	2.8	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	-		2.8	2.2
SD	1.8	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.7	-		1.4	1.2
% below three servings	66.4	72.1	74.1	64.9	67.3	-	0.72	66.7	80.2	0.03
Fruits
Mean	4.3	3.4	3.8	4.1	3.9	2.9		4.2	2.8
SD	2.7	2.6	2.8	3.0	2.0	3.2		3.3	3.4
% below three servings	36.2	55.6	49.4	45.0	37.5	66.8	0.09	45.5	70.6	<0.001
Meat
Mean	3.2	1.8	2.4	2.2	2.7	2.2		2.5	2.2
SD	1.5	0.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	0.5		1.2	0.7
% below one serving	1.3	3.2	2.8	4.9	3.5	0.0	0.96	4.6	1.4	0.18
Dairy Products
Mean	2.1	1.5	1.8	1.7	1.9	1.8		1.8	1.8
SD	1.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.0		0.9	0.7
% below three servings	81.6	97.7	87.5	93.5	88.7	87.4	0.32	90.3	93.8	0.36
Pulses
Mean	2.4	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.2	-		2.3	1.8
SD	1.1	0.6	0.9	0.7	1.0	-		0.9	0.8
% below one serving	5.6	2.6	6.5	1.8	5.3	-	0.18	3.2	16.3	<0.01
Fat and Oils
Mean	2.6	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.5	1.8		2.3	2.2
SD	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.1		0.6	0.8
% below one serving	0.0	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.83	0.3	1.1	0.49
Sugars
Mean	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.3	1.3		1.1	1.5
SD	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5		0.4	0.8
% below one serving	40.8	43.3	41.7	50.2	34.7	33.3	0.02	47.8	32.3	0.02

¹, Standard Deviation; *, Chi-square test.