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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2019 Jul;119(7):1085–1098.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.04.004

Table 3.

Purchase Location of Processed Meat, Unprocessed Red Meat, Poultry, and Fish/Shellfish among US Adults Aged 20+ Years, NHANES 2015–2016a


Store
Fast-Food Restaurant
Full-Service Restaurant
Other
% Weighted Mean, g/wk (95% CI) b % Weighted Mean, g/wk (95% CI) b % Weighted Mean, g/wk (95% CI) b % Weighted Mean, g/wk (95% CI) b
Processed meat 73.2 137 (127, 146) 12.5 23.3 (19.2, 27.4) 5.7 10.7 (8.28, 13.2) 8.6 16.0 (10.8, 21.1)
 Luncheon 85.6 62.7 (56.1, 69.3) 7.5 5.49 (3.06, 7.92) 1.8 1.33 (0.63, 2.02) 5.1 3.76 (2.20, 5.31)
 Sausage 64.2 29.2 (24.7, 33.7) 17.8 8.08 (5.80, 10.4) 5.7 2.60 (1.67, 3.52) 12.3 5.59 (1.84, 9.35)
 Hot dog 81.4 14.3 (10.1, 18.5) 3.3 0.58 (0.25, 0.91) 1.3 0.22 (−0.03, 0.48) 14.0 2.46 (1.42, 3.50)
 Ham 68.9 12.1 (6.27, 17.9) 8.4 1.47 (0.60, 2.35) 11.8 2.06 (0.92, 3.20) 11.0 1.92 (−0.17, 4.02)
 Bacon 57.5 4.95 (4.13, 5.76) 20.1 1.73 (1.15, 2.31) 17.1 1.47 (0.78, 2.16) 5.2 0.45 (0.26, 0.64)
 Smoked/ cured/ corned 59.6 3.79 (1.49, 6.10) 28.3 1.80 (0.24, 3.36) 8.1 0.52 (−0.08, 1.11) 3.9 0.25 (−0.04, 0.54)
 Dried/ pickled 92.1 1.29 (0.42, 2.17) 0.0 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) 2.2 0.03 (−0.04, 0.10) 5.7 0.08 (−0.07, 0.23)
 Unspecified 50.6 8.29 (6.13, 10.5) 25.4 4.16 (3.31, 5.01) 15.2 2.49 (1.78, 3.19) 8.9 1.45 (0.81, 2.10)
Unprocessed red meat 61.6 175 (160, 189) 16.4 46.6 (39.9, 53.3) 13.9 39.4 (32.3, 46.6) 8.0 22.8 (18.3, 27.4)
 Beef 58.6 101 (87.0, 115) 20.0 34.4 (27.0, 41.8) 14.3 24.6 (17.1, 32.1) 7.0 12.1 (8.92, 15.2)
 Pork 76.3 41.0 (31.5, 50.6) 5.6 3.02 (2.12, 3.91) 9.9 5.30 (3.08, 7.52) 8.2 4.41 (2.68, 6.14)
 Other 45.2 3.93 (0.88, 6.99) 2.3 0.20 (−0.03, 0.43) 20.8 1.81 (0.38, 3.24) 31.7 2.76 (0.68, 4.83)
 Unspecified c 58.9 29.1 (22.5, 35.7) 18.3 9.02 (6.21, 11.8) 15.6 7.71 (5.43, 9.98) 7.3 3.58 (2.17, 5.00)
Poultry 61.5 186 (166, 207) 19.2 58.1 (48.2, 68.0) 13.1 39.6 (26.9, 52.3) 6.2 18.9 (12.8, 25.1)
 Chicken 59.1 136 (122, 150) 22.3 51.3 (41.6, 61.0) 13.3 30.5 (20.4, 40.6) 5.3 12.2 (8.13, 16.3)
 Turkey 73.0 11.9 (6.53, 17.3) 5.2 0.86 (−0.38, 2.09) 9.2 1.50 (−0.34, 3.35) 12.6 2.06 (0.71, 3.40)
 Other 60.5 0.42 (0.04, 0.79) 0.0 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) 33.8 0.23 (−0.07, 0.54) 5.7 0.04 (−0.04, 0.12)
 Unspecified c 68.1 38.3 (31.0, 45.6) 10.5 5.93 (3.72, 8.13) 13.2 7.39 (1.12, 13.67) 8.2 4.62 (1.87, 7.37)
Fish/shellfish 59.7 69.4 (56.3, 82.4) 7.4 8.64 (6.75, 10.5) 23.0 26.7 (18.3, 35.2) 9.8 11.4 (8.27, 14.6)
 Low ω−3 57.8 47.5 (37.8, 57.2) 7.9 6.49 (5.44, 7.54) 24.5 20.1 (10.7, 29.6) 9.9 8.12 (5.34, 10.9)
 High ω−3 64.5 21.9 (15.4, 28.3) 6.3 2.15 (0.85, 3.46) 19.5 6.61 (3.91, 9.31) 9.7 3.29 (1.27, 5.31)
a

NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

b

CI = confidence interval. Means, mean changes and 95% CIs were adjusted for survey weights, and for total energy intake to 2000 kcal/d using the residual method.

c

Examples of other red meats include game, lamb, goat, veal, and deer; and examples of poultry include duck, goose, ostrich, quail, and pheasant.