Table 3.
Dietary energy and macronutrient intake among different BMI categories by gender in 2015a,b
| Dietary intake | The underweight BMI category | The normal BMI category | The overweight BMI category | The obesity BMI category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women (N = 291) | Men (N = 183) | Women (N = 2931) | Men (N = 2220) | Women (N = 1933) | Men (N = 1820) | Women (N = 809) | Men (N = 711) | |
| Energy (k cal) | 1887.7 ± 40.0 | 2296.8 ± 65.7*** | 1908.0 ± 12.7 | 2234.7 ± 16.8*** | 1948.2 ± 16.1 | 2290.3 ± 18.4*** | 1903.2 ± 23.1 | 2348.2 ± 30.2*** |
| Fat (g) | 76.8 ± 2.7 | 92.4 ± 4.1*** | 77.0 ± 0.8 | 90.0 ± 1.1*** | 79.0 ± 1.0 | 92.4 ± 1.1*** | 77.4 ± 1.6 | 93.6 ± 1.8*** |
| Protein (g) | 60.6 ± 1.4 | 71.4 ± 2.1*** | 62.1 ± 0.5 | 72.2 ± 0.6*** | 62.9 ± 0.6 | 75.5 ± 0.7*** | 60.7 ± 0.8 | 76.6 ± 1.1*** |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 237.9 ± 6.0 | 290.0 ± 10.3*** | 240.5 ± 1.9 | 277.7 ± 2.6*** | 245.0 ± 2.5 | 282.6 ± 2.9*** | 240.1 ± 3.4 | 294.1 ± 4.7*** |
| Fat (% E3) | 35.9 ± 0.7 | 36.1 ± 1.0 | 35.8 ± 0.2 | 35.9 ± 0.3 | 36.1 ± 0.3 | 36.1 ± 0.3 | 35.9 ± 0.4 | 35.6 ± 0.4 |
| Protein (% E4) | 13.0 ± 0.2 | 12.8 ± 0.2 | 13.3 ± 0.1 | 13.2 ± 0.1 | 13.1 ± 0.1 | 13.4 ± 0.1** | 13.2 ± 0.1 | 13.0 ± 0.1 |
| Carbohydrate (% E5) | 50.9 ± 0.7 | 50.4 ± 1.0 | 50.7 ± 0.2 | 49.9 ± 0.3 ** | 50.6 ± 0.3 | 49.5 ± 0.3** | 51.0 ± 0.4 | 50.3 ± 0.5 |
aValues are mean (s.e.) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variable.b ***, ** and * indicate statistical significance at the 1, 5 and 10% level, respectively. % E3,4,5 means the percentage of energy intake from fat, protein and carbohydrate, respectively