TABLE 3.

Percentage of the population aged ≥15 y consuming each food group in Brazil and the United States, based on analysis of national survey data

	Food group	Brazil	United States
1	Foods made from grains	99	97
2	Whole grains	19	38
3	White roots and tubers/plantains	28	40
4	Beans and other legumes	79	20
5	Nuts and seeds	<1	20
6	Vitamin A–rich orange-colored vegetables, roots, and tubers	5	17
7	Dark-green leafy vegetables	3	16
8	Other vegetables	40	51
9	Vitamin A–rich fruits	6	5
10	Citrus	9	6
11	Red/purple/blue fruits	3	13
12	Other fruits	25	33
13	Milk	55	41
14	Cheese and yogurt	19	58
15	Eggs	16	24
16	Poultry	30	46
17	Fish and seafood	9	17
18	Unprocessed red meat	57	47
19	Processed meats (sausages, luncheon meats, etc.)	24	39
20	Packaged salty snacks	3	30
21	Instant dry soup/noodles	<1	<1
22	Deep-fried foods	11	19
23	Food from a fast-food restaurant1	3	34
24	Baked/grain-based sweets	24	33
25	Other sweets	14	38
26	Sodas/sugar-sweetened beverages	29	38
27	Fruit drinks/juice	33	17
28	Sweetened coffee/tea/milk	81	28

¹For Brazil, the consumption of pizza and hamburgers was used as a proxy for “fast food” consumption, because those items are rarely consumed outside of a fast-food restaurant/delivery. Other types of fast foods were not captured.