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Table 4 Attitudes and knowledge towards consumption of cereal food, Western Australian Nutrition Monitoring Survey Series (NMSS)

From: Consumer attitudes and misperceptions associated with trends in self-reported cereal foods consumption: cross-sectional study of Western Australian adults, 1995 to 2012

 

1995 % [CI]

1998 % [CI]

2001 % [CI]

2004 % [CI]

2009 % [CI]

2012 % [CI]

p value

Best describes you towards the amount of cereal foods you ate (n = 7032)

<.001

 Currently trying to increase

17.4 [14.9,20.2]

13.2 [11.1,15.6]

10.7 [8.8,12.9]

8.7 [6.9,10.8]

7.1 [5.7,9.0]

8.8 [7.1,10.9]

 

 Thinking about trying to increase

7.8 [6.2,9.7]

9.2 [7.5,11.2]

7.6 [5.8,9.8]

4.6 [3.4,6.3]

5.3 [4.1,6.7]

7.6 [6.1,9.5]

 

 Not thinking about/already eat enough

74.9 [71.8,77.8]

77.6 [74.8,80.3]

81.8 [78.9,84.3]

86.7 [84.2,88.8]

87.6 [85.4,89.5]

83.6 [81.0,85.9]

 

In the past 12 months have you tried to change the amount of cereal food you eat (n = 7037)

<.001

 Tried to increase amount I eat

25.4 [22.5,28.5]

22.3 [19.7,25.2]

19.8 [17.3,22.7]

12.4 [10.3,14.8]

11.9 [9.9,14.4]

11.3 [9.5,13.5]

 

 Tried to decrease amount I eat

4.3 [3.2,5.9]

4.7 [3.4,6.5]

7.8 [6.2,9.7]

16.3 [14.0,18.8]

14.7 [12.6,17.2]

21.7 [19.1,24.5]

 

 Not tried to change

70.3 [67.1,73.4]

73 [69.9,75.9]

72.4 [69.3,75.3]

71.4 [68.3,74.3]

73.3 [70.3,76.2]

67.0 [63.9,69.9]

 

What do you think is the recommended minimum number of serves of cereal foods that should be eaten each day? (n = 7038)

<.001

 0 serve

0.3 [0.1,1.0]

0

0

0.1 [0.0,0.8]

0.9 [0.5,1.7]

0.9 [0.4,2.1]

 

 1 serve

19.8 [17.2,22.7]

17.1 [14.7,19.9]

21.3 [18.7,24.3]

19.0 [16.5,21.8]

26.4 [23.5,29.5]

33.1 [30.2,36.1]

 

 2 serves

23.7 [20.8,26.9]

25.0 [22.2,28.0]

23.4 [20.7,26.4]

31.4 [28.3,34.6]

26.8 [24.0,29.7]

29.0 [26.2,31.9]

 

 3 serves

19.8 [17.3,22.6]

20.7 [18.2,23.5]

21.3 [18.6,24.1]

17.7 [15.3,20.5]

17.9 [15.4,20.6]

13.4 [11.4,15.7]

 

 4 serves a

12.6 [10.5,15.1]

13.7 [11.6,16.1]

11.4 [9.4,13.8]

6.1 [4.6,8.0]

6.3 [4.9,8.1]

4.1 [3.0,5.5]

 

 5 or more serves

13.4 [11.2,16.0]

15.4 [13.2,18.0]

11.6 [9.5,14.0]

7.0 [5.4,9.0]

4.7 [3.6,6.3]

2.2 [1.6,3.2]

 

Which types of cereal foods have you tried to increase? – Among those who said they had tried to increase.

 

 Breakfast cereal (n = 1140)

61.2 [55.1,67.1]

58.3 [51.4,64.8]

72.7 [65.9,78.6]

80.1 [72.3,86.1]

63.1 [54.2,71.3]

58.6 [49.6,67.0]

.002

 Pasta (n = 1143)

54.5 [48.2,60.6]

52.5 [45.7,59.1]

40.6 [33.7,47.9]

32.1 [24.2,41.3]

22.3 [15.6,30.9]

16.5 [10.9,24.2]

<.001

 Rice (n = 1142)

54.1 [47.8,60.2]

47.6 [41.0,54.4]

44.1 [37.0,51.5]

40.4 [32.0,49.4]

33.1 [25.0,42.3]

29.0 [21.8,37.4]

<.001

 Bread (n = 1141)

20.3 [15.8,25.7]

31 [25.0,37.6]

26.7 [20.7,33.8]

19.0 [12.8,27.4]

16.8 [10.5,25.9]

15.1 [9.7,22.6]

.01

  1. Results are survey design-based percentage and p values were derived from survey design-based Pearson chi square test
  2. aThe minimum number of serves recommended in the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating was four per day(8)