Table 2.

Meat consumption frequency (FFQ), ‘desired’ meat consumption, agreement with two meat meals per week among non-vegetarians, by meat consumption level; NEMONIT 2012/13 (%)

	Low meat consumersa	High meat consumers	p(χ2)	Total sample
Meat consumption frequency (n 1758)			<0⋅001
Less than 1 d/week	8⋅7	2⋅0		4⋅9
1–2 d/week	25⋅9	10⋅7		17⋅2
3–4 d/week	36⋅9	34⋅2		35⋅4
5–6 d/week	16⋅8	26⋅3		22⋅2
Daily	11⋅7	26⋅8		20⋅3
‘Desired’ meat consumption (n 1754)			<0⋅001
0 d	5⋅0	0⋅8		2⋅6
1 d	17⋅3	7⋅5		11⋅7
2 d	35⋅7	28⋅7		31⋅7
Several days	40⋅2	56⋅5		49⋅5
All days	1⋅7	6⋅5		4⋅4
Agree with two meat meals per week (n 1751)	86⋅9	67⋅9	<0⋅001	76⋅1

NEMONIT study, survey year 2012/13.

^aLow meat consumers: total meat consumption <86 g/d (as recommended); high meat consumers: total meat consumption ≥86 g/d.