Table 2 Food Choices By Weight Status Among 1092 Metropolitan Transit Workers
Body Mass Index Category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | < 25 | >= 25 < 30 | >= 30 | |
Survey Data | ||||
N | 1092 | 132 | 343 | 617 |
Food Frequency (m (se) frequency – quantity sum across items) | ||||
Fruit Vegetable (4 items) % | 15.2 (.35) | 14.1 (1.01) | 15.8 (.62) | 15.1 (.47) |
Snack Sweets (9 items) & | 21.6 (.72) | 19.2 (2.09) | 19.7 (1.29) | 22.9 (.96) |
Sweetened Beverages (2 items) $ | 48.1 (1.65) | 41.4 (4.78) | 42.5 (2.94) | 52.6A** (2.21) |
Fast Food Restaurant (m(se)) (times per week during past month) | 1.14 (.05) | .97 (.13) | 1.12 (.08) | 1.18 (.06) |
Garage Vending Machines (past month frequency of use; 3 or more times per week; %) | ||||
Snack food | 31.7 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 37.0** |
Cold food | 8.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 10.4** |
Hot beverage | 32.0 | 32.6 | 31.6 | 31.8 |
Cold beverage | 33.6 | 26.8 | 25.8 | 39.5** |
Dietary Recall Data | ||||
N | 160 | 19 | 45 | 96 |
(m (se)) | ||||
Energy (kcal/d) | 2359 (76) | 2736 (219) | 2289 (143) | 2291 (99) |
Fat (%kcal/d) | 35.5 (.69) | 36.9 (1.9) | 31.8 (1.3)A | 36.4 (.9)** |
Saturated Fat (%kcal/d) | 12.2 (.34) | 13.1 (1.0) | 10.8 (.6) | 12.4 (.4) |
Fruit (svg/d)# | 1.6 (.16) | 1.6 (.48) | 2.0 (.31) | 1.5 (.22) |
Vegetables/no potatoes# | 2.5 (.24) | 1.9 (.70) | 2.6 (.45) | 2.6 (.31) |
Meets Fruit/Vegetable Recommendation 5 Servings/Day (%) | 42.9 | 33.5 | 42.1 | 45.3 |
Alcohol (svg/d)# | .45 (.11) | .20 (.33) | .77 (.21) | .34 (.15) |
Milk, High fat (svg/d)# | .50 (.07) | 1.09A (.20) | .28 (.13) | .48 (.09)** |
Milk, Low fat (svg/d)# | .46 (.08) | .12 (.24) | .37 (.15) | .57 (.10) |
Snack foods (svg/d)# | .83 (.10) | .82 (.28) | .81 (.18) | .84 (.13) |
Sweet foods (svg/d)# | 1.7 (.18) | 1.5 (.53) | 1.7 (.34) | 1.7 (.24) |
Sugar Sweetened Beverages# (svg/d) | 1.1 (.12) | 1.6 (.36) | 1.1 (.23) | .91 (.16) |