Table 4.
Top contributors to macronutrients by percent of total and ranking for Canadian First Nations participants from the FNFNES, 2008−2018
| Food | Energy Percent (rank) |
Protein Percent (rank) |
Fat Percent (rank) |
Carbohydrates Percent (rank) |
Saturated fat Percent (rank) |
Total sugars Percent (rank) |
Fibre Percent (rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beefa | 4.3 (4) | 10.0 (3) | 6.5 (2) | 7.8 (2) | |||
| Bread/buns, white | 8.3 (1) | 6.6 (4) | 12.6 (1) | 3.9 (8) | 16.1 (1) | ||
| Butter | 6.0 (4) | ||||||
| Carbonated drinks, regular | 4.3 (5) | 9.2 (2) | 23.6 (1) | ||||
| Cereal | 3.2 (10) | 5.3 (5) | 2.8 (10) | 9.7 (2) | |||
| Cheese | 6.4 (3) | ||||||
| Chickenb | 4.6 (3) | 10.3 (2) | 6.4 (3) | 5.0 (5) | |||
| Cold cuts/sausages | 4.1 (6) | 4.9 (7) | 8.4 (1) | 9.4 (1) | |||
| Condiments, sweetc | 5.7 (4) | 15.7 (2) | |||||
| Eggs | 5.1 (6) | 5.4 (5) | 4.9 (6) | ||||
| Fish | 3.5 (9) | ||||||
| Fried vegetablesd | 3.4 (8) | 3.9 (7) | 4.0 (8) | 3.7 (9) | 5.9 (6) | ||
| Fruit drinks | 4.3 (6) | 4.8 (5) | |||||
| Fruit juice | 4.9 (4) | ||||||
| Fruits | 6.2 (3) | 6.4 (4) | |||||
| Game meate | 11.0 (1) | ||||||
| Grainsf | 3.9 (9) | ||||||
| Iced tea | 3.9 (9) | ||||||
| Margarine | 5.4 (6) | ||||||
| Milk | 4.7 (6) | ||||||
| Mixed dishesg | 3.5 (10) | 3.7 (10) | 4.1 (9) | ||||
| Pasta/noodlesh | 5.2 (2) | 4.7 (8) | 7.2 (3) | 6.2 (5) | |||
| Pastriesi | 3.5 (10) | 4.0 (7) | |||||
| Pizza | 3.3 (9) | 3.8 (9) | 4.5 (7) | 3.6 (10) | |||
| Pork | 6.0 (5) | 3.9 (8) | 4.4 (8) | ||||
| Potatoesj | 4.2 (7) | 5.7 (7) | |||||
| Snack foodsk | 3.7 (7) | 5.6 (4) | 5.1 (8) | ||||
| Vegetables | 9.4 (3) | ||||||
| Vegetable oil | 3.5 (10) |
aBeef includes ground, steak, ribs and stewed. bChicken includes roasted, baked, fried and stewed. cCondiments, sweet include sugar, jam, syrup and honey. dFried vegetables include French fries, hash browns, onion rings, and battered and deep-fried zucchini. eGame meat includes moose, caribou, deer, elk, rabbit, bear, beaver, groundhog, muskrat, porcupine, goose, duck, ptarmigan, grouse and pheasant. fGrains include rice, barley, quinoa and couscous. gMixed dishes include stews, pot pies, chili, ethnic and Mexican foods such as tacos and enchiladas, casseroles and salads. hPasta/noodles include plain pasta, lasagna and other mixed dishes containing pasta. iPastries include cakes, pies, muffins and doughnuts (did not include cookies). jPotatoes include boiled, baked and mashed (not fried).kSnack foods include popcorn, chips, snack mixes (cereals, nuts), fruit leather and beef jerky