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. 2023 Jan 25;10:1058965. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1058965

TABLE 1.

Proportion of adolescents who consumed at least one tablespoonful (∼15 grams) of ≥1 item(s) from the 14 food groups by diet clusters.

Food group All (n = 2,464) Traditional cluster (n = 832) Fish-dominant cluster (n = 604) Meat-dominant (n = 514) High-variety cluster (n = 514)
Vitamin A-rich1 fruits, vegetables, and tubers 0.314 0.252 0.214 0.241 0.605
Dark green leafy vegetables 0.268 0.279 0.252 0.214 0.323
Other (non-vitamin-A-rich) vegetables 0.607 0.739 0.712 0.148 0.731
Other (non-vitamin-A-rich) fruits 0.452 0.296 0.364 0.381 0.877
Flesh and organ meat 0.352 0.139 0.238 0.765 0.418
Egg 0.349 0.279 0.316 0.333 0.517
Fish 0.732 0.907 0.924 0.179 0.774
Nuts, seeds, and legumes 0.462 0.346 0.290 0.465 0.850
Dairy 0.305 0.239 0.237 0.249 0.548
Ready-to-eat and “instant” foods (UPF) 0.130 0.112 0.134 0.095 0.189
Confectionery, sweets, and similar packaged products (UPF) 0.534 0.475 0.498 0.451 0.757
Savory snacks (UPF) 0.354 0.266 0.379 0.292 0.529
Sugar-sweetened beverage (UPF) 0.120 0.055 0.111 0.103 0.251
Deep-fried foods 0.413 0 1 0.278 0.529

UPF, ultra-processed foods.

1Based on the FAO guideline (35) that defines Vitamin A-rich fruits, vegetables, and tubers as those containing at least 120 Retinol Equivalent per 100 gram.