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Table 3 Food intake among men (edible amount g/day) in Norwaya (n = 849) and Polandb (n = 2267) by age groups

From: Diet quality in the population of Norway and Poland: differences in the availability and consumption of food considering national nutrition guidelines and food market

Food items

18–35

36–55

56–69

Norway n = 212

Poland n = 633

Norway n = 364

Poland n = 945

Norway n = 273

Poland n = 689

Milk and milk products (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

441 ± 390

198 ± 2541

430 ± 381

158 ± 2031

354 ± 282

170 ± 2241

348 (160–605)

106 (30–282)

326 (139–642)

80 (24–239)

302 (108–550)

78 (20–250)

Poultry and meat (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

208 ± 152

242 ± 1902

180 ± 112

241 ± 1861

161 ± 119

212 ± 1851

175 (106–271)

205 (105–330)

159 (99–251)

203 (116–322)

144 (82–217)

180 (90–294)

Fish and shellfish (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

53 ± 86

18 ± 581

73 ± 88

23 ± 741

107 ± 122

25 ± 741

0 (0–85)

0 (0–0)

36 (0–124)

0 (0–0)

75 (5–156)

0 (0–0)

Cereals inc. rice (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

320 ± 154

282 ± 1562

277 ± 125

259 ± 1352

229 ± 106

227 ± 110

308 (206–414)

252 (174–352)

258 (189–336)

235 (161–330)

215 (152–284)

212 (150–290)

Vegetables (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

173 ± 116

254 ± 1861

148 ± 101

268 ± 1891

149 ± 104

281 ± 1951

158 (94–221)

230 (120–350)

131 (71–285)

232 (133–374)

128 (81–193)

253 (146–376)

Potatoes (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

57 ± 70

292 ± 3161

78 ± 76

281 ± 2711

110 ± 84

278 ± 2611

22 (0–98)

231 (0–461)

121 (70–184)

231 (0–461)

98 (55–163)

231 (0–461)

Fruit and berries (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

128 ± 134

164 ± 2172

163 ± 146

199 ± 2712

207 ± 169

218 ± 240

101 (11–185)

100 (0–250)

129 (45–248)

125 (0–300)

175 (76–288)

150 (10–310)

Sugar and sweet prod. (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

55 ± 87

70 ± 812

53 ± 63

73 ± 851

53 ± 65

62 ± 78

26 (3–78)

46 (10–100)

30 (5–78)

43 (10–105)

31 (5–81)

34 (8–87)

Margarine, butter, oil etc. (mean ± SD) median (25–75 percentile)

39 ± 26

56 ± 441

40 ± 25

51 ± 361

37 ± 29

45 ± 321

33 (20–50)

46 (27–70)

36 (21–51)

43 (27–66)

31 (17–51)

38 (23–59)

  1. Highlighted numbers show statistical difference between countries within each age group:1 p ≤ 0.001; 2 p ≤ 0.05
  2. aFrom NORKOST 3; bFrom WOBASZ II