Poor food and nutrient intake among Indigenous and non-Indigenous rural Australian children

BMC Pediatrics

Table 5 Daily per capita quantity (g) and per eating occasion consumption (g) of 12 highest ranking food categories (contributing to energy, sodium, sugar, fat, and saturated fat) by Indigenous status and gender.¹

Food category	Boys (n = 93)				Girls (n = 122)
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 34)		non-Indigenous (n = 59)		Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 48)		non-Indigenous (n = 74)
	Per capita	E/O²	Per capita	E/O²	Per capita	E/O²	Per capita	E/O²
Breads	116	85	93	72	97	68	85	62
Milk	284	218	308	218	281	218	245	210
Soft drinks, cordial, sports drinks	457	259	319	225	431	227	279	205
Higher-fat processed meat	76	95	63	91	51	86	53	96
Take-away meals³	62	192	34	161	26	121	28	145
Fruit juice	235	273	142	289	189	252	163	252
Hot chips	58	121	33	109	38	104	31	100
Sweet biscuits/cakes/muffins	17	65	31	55	26	57	37	56
Potato crisps and other salty snacks	22	31	14	26	17	25	14	23
Confectionery	24	33	21	30	25	26	20	28
Fruits	95	129	97	135	58	125	114	120
Vegetables	131	82	118	69	96	73	134	72

¹ See Additional Files 3 and 4 [Tables S3 and S4] for complete tables which include all highest ranking food categories and highest ranked food item within each category, by gender and Indigenous status; ² Eating occasion; ³ Take-away meals such as burgers/pizza.

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