Table 2. Distributions of cooking oil and salt intakes among children aged 6–17 years in China, 2016—2017 (%).
| Variable | Recommended intake of cooking oil | Recommended intake of cooking salt | ||||
| Low[N(%)] | Adequate[N(%)] | High[N(%)] | Adequate[N(%)] | High[N(%)] | ||
| * P-value <0.01 for differences among children aged 6–8, 9–11, and 12–14 years.
† P-value <0.01 for differences between male and female. § P-value <0.01 for differences between urban and rural areas. ¶ P-value <0.01 for differences among eastern, central, and western regions. ** P-value <0.05 for differences between family kitchen and school cafeteria. | ||||||
| Total | 6,286(39.2) | 1,678(10.5) | 8,078(50.4) | 5,174(32.3) | 10,868(67.8) | |
| Age groups (years) | ||||||
| 6–8 | 1,555(38.9)* | 539(13.5)* | 1,902(47.6)* | 1,316(32.9)* | 2,680(67.1)* | |
| 9–11 | 1,934(40.5)* | 457(9.6)* | 2,390(50.0)* | 1,415(29.6)* | 3,366(70.4)* | |
| 12–14 | 1,552(40.8)* | 375(9.9)* | 1,875(49.3)* | 1,277(33.6)* | 2,525(66.4)* | |
| 15–17 | 1,245(36.0)* | 307(8.9)* | 1,911(55.2)* | 1,166(33.7)* | 2,297(66.3)* | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 2,907(36.4)† | 825(10.3)† | 4,250(53.2)† | 2,337(29.3)† | 5,645(70.7)† | |
| Female | 3,379(41.9)† | 853(10.6)† | 3,828(47.5)† | 2,837(35.2)† | 5,223(64.8)† | |
| Area type | ||||||
| Urban | 3,186(42.3)§ | 791(10.5)§ | 3,547(47.1)§ | 2,769(36.8)§ | 4,755(63.2)§ | |
| Rural | 3,100(36.4)§ | 887(10.4)§ | 4,531(53.2)§ | 2,405(28.2)§ | 6,113(71.8)§ | |
| Region | ||||||
| Eastern regions | 2,552(45.8)¶ | 655(11.8)¶ | 2,369(42.5)¶ | 1,985(35.6)¶ | 3,591(64.4)¶ | |
| Central regions | 1,764(35.9)¶ | 533(10.9)¶ | 2,613(53.2)¶ | 1,445(29.4)¶ | 3,465(70.6)¶ | |
| Western regions | 1,970(35.5)¶ | 490(8.8)¶ | 3,096(55.7)¶ | 1,744(31.4)¶ | 3,812(68.6)¶ | |
| Source | ||||||
| Family kitchen | 4,226(38.9)** | 1,188(10.9)** | 5,451(50.2)** | 3,625(33.4)** | 7,240(66.6)** | |
| School cafeteria | 2,060(39.8)** | 490(9.5)** | 2,627(50.7)** | 1,549(29.9)** | 3,628(70.1)** | |