Table 7.

Consumption of ultra-processed foods by gender.

	High Consumption Rate Ultra-Processed (%)		Chi-Squared
	Man	Woman	X 2	p
Soft drinks	79	65	3.6	0.059
Snacks	83	83	0.002	0.966
Industrial bakery	69	55	3.2	0.074
Cookies	71	65	0.67	0.412
Breakfast cereals	79	77	0.042	0.837
Cereal and energy bars	65	46	5.5	0.019 **
Energy drinks	39	18	8.7	0.003 **
Nuggets, sausages…	80	78	0.082	0.775
Instant noodles and soups	46	40	0.686	0.408
Alcohol	79	57	7.72	0.005 **

% of high consumption (weekly or more) compared to zero or occasional consumption. Within men and women. p = degree of significance of the Chi-square test. (**) Significant association at 1%. Source: own elaboration.