Takeaway food consumption and its associations with diet quality and abdominal obesity: a cross-sectional study of young adults

Table 3 Number of recommendations men and women were achieving by takeaway food consumption

Number of recommendations* achieved	Consuming takeaway < 2/week		Consuming takeaway ≥ 2/week		P-value
	%	n	%	n
Men		n = 772		n = 460
0	4.9	38	7.2	33
1	22.8	176	32.6	150
2	36.4	281	40.2	185
3	23.1	178	14.6	67
4-6	12.8	99	5.4	25	P < 0.001
Women		n = 1183		n = 263
0	2.6	31	4.6	12
1	18.7	221	29.7	78
2	28.6	338	33.1	87
3	29.4	348	23.2	61
4-6	20.7	245	9.5	25	P < 0.001

*Daily Dietary Recommendations for Australian Adults aged 19–60 years recommend 6–12 servings (men) or 4–9 servings (women) of bread and cereals, 5 servings of vegetables, 2 servings of fruit, 2 servings of dairy, 1 serving of lean meat and alternatives, 0–3 (men) or 0–2 1/2 (women) servings of extra foods. Participants consuming at least the lower value for breads and cereals and not exceeding the upper limit for extra foods were classified as meeting the recommendation. Participants classified as meeting the vegetable recommendation are consuming 4–5 serves/day. Note: P-values calculated using Chi square analysis with groups 4–6 combined so cell values were all > 5.

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