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. 2021 Apr 13;151(7):1956–1964. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab088

TABLE 3.

Weighted mean prevalence of consumption of food groups in the poorest and wealthiest deciles, and SII, for 80 countries with available household surveys from 2010–20191

Food group Poorest decile, % Wealthiest decile, % SII (pp) 95% CI
Breast milk 36.1 28.6 −8.0 −9.4, −6.6
Cereal and grains 33.2 33.4 0.5 −0.1, 1.0
Legumes and nuts 8.6 9.4 0.9 0.1, 1.7
Dairy products 17.1 30.3 13.7 11.6, 15.7
Flesh foods 10.7 17.2 6.6 5.9, 7.3
Eggs 6.9 12.8 5.8 5.1, 6.6
Vitamin A–rich fruits and vegetables 18.5 20.2 1.2 0.5, 1.9
Other fruits and vegetables 8.7 15.1 6.4 5.6, 7.2

1pp, percentage points; SII, slope index of inequality.