Table 2.

Comparisons of the importance and confidence to change consumption of particular foods by sex.

	Men	Women	P-value
	(n=1365)	(n=3442)
Soft drinks
Importance	6.5 ± 3.2	6.9 ± 3.3	0.001
Confidence	7.1 ± 2.8	7.6 ± 2.7	0.001
Juices
Importance	5.9 ± 3.2	6.6 ± 3.2	0.001
Confidence	6.6 ± 3.0	7.3 ± 2.7	0.001
Cookies
Importance	6.1 ± 2.8	6.7 ± 2.9	0.001
Confidence	6.0 ± 3.2	6.7 ± 3.0	0.962
Sweet snacks
Importance	6.3 ± 3.3	7.0 ± 3.1	0.001
Confidence	6.5 ± 3.0	6.5 ± 2.9	0.895
Potato chips
Importance	6.7 ± 3.1	6.7 ± 3.0	0.001
Confidence	5.8 ± 2.9	6.2 ± 2.8	0.847
Cold cuts
Importance	5.8 ± 3.2	6.9 ± 3.2	0.001
Confidence	5.8 ± 3.1	7.1 ± 2.9	0.001
Soups
Importance	6.2 ± 3.6	6.8 ± 3.6	0.001
Confidence	7.5 ± 3.1	8.0 ± 2.9	0.001
Chocolate
Importance	5.9 ± 3.3	6.6 ± 3.3	0.001
Confidence	5.7 ± 3.5	6.5 ± 3.2	0.171
Ice-cream
Importance	5.7 ± 3.3	6.5 ± 3.2	0.001
Confidence	6.1 ± 3.2	6.3 ± 3.1	0.082
Breakfast cereals
Importance	5.7 ± 3.5	6.6 ± 3.4	0.001
Confidence	6.4 ± 3.3	7.0 ± 3.1	0.001

Values expressed as mean ± SD. Student t-test.