Table 2.
Mean food and nutrients intakes among the 287 participants of the SENDO project according to the nutrition knowledge score and healthy-eating attitudes score (Mean values and standard deviations).
| Nutrition Knowledge Score | Healthy-Eating Attitudes Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | |||
| 0–4 | 5–6 | 7–10 | 0–4 | 5–6 | 7–8 | |||
| Food Group | p value | p value | ||||||
| Fruit (g/day) | 368 (190) | 413 (199) | 409 (176) | 0.212 | 364 (174) | 384 (186) | 435 (201) | 0.032 |
| Vegetables (g/day) | 180 (91) | 218 (111) | 220 (97) | 0.013 | 190 (116) | 198 (80) | 229 (110) | 0.022 |
| Pulses (g/day) | 23.5 (15.3) | 23 (11.1) | 22.6 (6.7) | 0.896 | 22.5 (13.1) | 21 (8.3) | 25.5 (13) | 0.014 |
| Daily (g/day) | 503 (218) | 563 (231) | 559 (195) | 0.114 | 540 (223) | 532 (211) | 557 (225) | 0.698 |
| White meat (g/day) | 39.8 (20.9) | 43.6 (19.4) | 40.4 (16.4) | 0.306 | 40.2 (18.1) | 39.4 (17) | 44.8 (21.5) | 0.090 |
| Red meat (g/day) | 111 (43) | 122 (50) | 105 (39) | 0.035 | 123 (48) | 113 (36) | 109 (53) | 0.136 |
| White fish (g/day) | 26.8 (15.1) | 31.6 (16.5) | 33 (14.2) | 0.023 | 26.4 (15.7) | 29.7 (16.3) | 34 (14.3) | 0.005 |
| Blue fish (g/day) | 11.5 (9.3) | 13 (13.5) | 15.2 (13.2) | 0.152 | 9.6 (9.6) | 12.5 (12.6) | 16.1 (13) | 0.002 |
| Olive oil (g/day) | 12.7 (13.1) | 11.5 (11.4) | 13.9 (13.7) | 0.424 | 12.6 (11.4) | 10.4 (11.2) | 14.6 (14.21) | 0.045 |
| Bakery (g/day) | 27.7 (35) | 30.2 (23.2) | 27 (19.8) | 0.652 | 30.2 (38) | 27.6 (21.4) | 28.6 (22.2) | 0.822 |
| Eggs (g/day) | 18 (10) | 22 (14.5) | 25.7 (15.8) | 0.002 | 20.8 (8.1) | 21.5 (15.6) | 22.7 (15.2) | 0.650 |
| Beverage (g/day) | 7.6 (14.81) | 4.6 (8.1) | 3.5 (6.4) | 0.024 | 7.8 (13.3) | 4.2 (7.4) | 4.6 (10.8) | 0.054 |
| Sweets (g/day) | 17.1 (14.2) | 14.8 (9.5) | 13.8 (13.9) | 0.199 | 15.8 (12.1) | 15.2 (11) | 14.9 (13.8) | 0.894 |
| Nutrients | ||||||||
| Energy (kcal/day) | 1700 (409) | 1787 (432) | 1775 (365) | 0.286 | 1753 (395) | 1708 (361) | 1811 (458) | 0.175 |
| HC (% total energy) | 47.8 (6.3) | 46.4 (5.3) | 47.9 (4.9) | 0.109 | 47 (5.7) | 46.6 (5.6) | 48.1 (5.4) | 0.125 |
| Proteins (% total energy) | 19.2 (2.3) | 19.8 (2.6) | 19.1 (1.7) | 0.026 | 19.3 (2.7) | 19.7 (2.5) | 19.2 (1.9) | 0.323 |
| Fat (% total energy) | 33.1 (5.6) | 33.7 (4.4) | 33 (4.6) | 0.533 | 33.7 (4.9) | 33.7 (4.6) | 32.7 (5) | 0.218 |
| Ca (mg/day) | 1102 (344) | 1242 (441) | 1295 (449) | 0.008 | 1184 (380) | 1198 (421) | 1251 (449) | 0.520 |
| Fe (mg/day) | 9.1 (6) | 11.1 (7.5) | 12.6 (7.9) | 0.006 | 11 (6.9) | 10.4 (7.2) | 11.3 (7.8) | 0.680 |
| I (µg/day) | 92 (47) | 111 (53) | 121 (61) | 0.002 | 108 (53) | 104 (53) | 112 (57) | 0.618 |
| Mg (mg/day) | 224 (70) | 263 (95) | 282 (111) | 0.000 | 256 (85) | 246 (88) | 268 (109) | 0.241 |
| Zn (mg/day) | 5.7 (2.4) | 6.9 (3.4) | 7.4 (3.9) | 0.002 | 6.7 (3.1) | 6.5 (3.1) | 6.9 (3.6) | 0.764 |
| Na (mg/day) | 2477 (1095) | 3007 (1361) | 3324 (1310) | 0.000 | 3175 (1298) | 2841 (1321) | 2871 (1296) | 0.207 |
| K (mg/day) | 2401 (1170) | 2907 (1380) | 3177 (1566) | 0.001 | 2798 (1269) | 2686 (1354) | 2992 (1526) | 0.269 |
| P (mg/day) | 1024 (335) | 1224 (447) | 1285 (502) | 0.000 | 1171 (389) | 1150 (436) | 1217 (485) | 0.534 |
| Se (µg/day) | 42.9 (35.4) | 54.4 (43.8) | 63.1 (47.6) | 0.01 | 55.1 (41.8) | 51.2 (42.1) | 54.3 (45.2) | 0.802 |
| Vitamin B1 (mg/day) | 0.8 (0.5) | 1.02 (0.62) | 1.1 (0.7) | 0.004 | 1.00 (0.57) | 0.9 (0.6) | 0.9 (0.6) | 0.929 |
| Vitamin B2 (mg/day) | 1.3 (0.4) | 1.6 (0.6) | 1.66 (0.62) | 0.000 | 1.5 (0.5) | 1.5 (0.6) | 1.6 (0.6) | 0.825 |
| Vitamin B3 (mg/day) | 16.0 (9.7) | 23.6 (12.8) | 27.6 (24.7) | 0.000 | 22.6 (12.9) | 21.9 (11.1) | 22.7 (11.4)) | 0.948 |
| Vitamin B6 (mg/day) | 1.2 (0.7) | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.6 (0.9) | 0.001 | 1.4 (0.8) | 1.4 (0.94) | 1.5 (0.9) | 0.810 |
| Vitamin B9 (µg/day) | 178 (90) | 220 (123) | 237 (123) | 0.002 | 205 (106) | 208 (123) | 221 (115) | 0.573 |
| Vitamin B12 (µg/day) | 2.3 (1.1) | 3.07 (1.61) | 3.4 (1.7) | 0.000 | 2.93 (1.55) | 2.8 (1.6) | 2.9 (1.6) | 0.902 |
| Vitamin C (mg/day) | 79.9 (47.9) | 100.4 (50.1) | 107.3 (52.3) | 0.001 | 89.3 (44.8) | 94.2 (52.8) | 102.4 (52.8) | 0.224 |
| Vitamin A (µg/day) | 465 (272) | 603 (462) | 680 (404) | 0.002 | 583 (427) | 569 (435) | 595 (357) | 0.894 |
| Vitamin D (µg/day) | 1.3 (1.3) | 1.5 (1.4) | 2.15 (1.92) | 0.001 | 1.4 (1.34) | 1.4 (1.4) | 1.95 (1.83) | 0.024 |
| Vitamin E (µg/day) | 14.7 (21) | 16.8 (22.9) | 21.9 (24.8) | 0.121 | 17.6 (22.9) | 15.7 (22) | 19.4 (24.1) | 0.504 |