Research Article

Dietary Intake and Physical Activity of Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Adolescents

Table 3

Consumption of food categories (g/day/per capita, mean ± sd).

BoysGirls
NormoweightOverweightNormoweightOverweight

Bread108.7 ± 99*90.4 ± 8382.1 ± 69.778.4 ± 67.5
Pasta82.0 ± 62*64.7 ± 49.366.6 ± 59.158.6 ± 57.3
Rice10.6 ± 35.414.1 ± 38.29.9 ± 31.48.4 ± 26.1
Potatoes58.1 ± 92.953.9 ± 98.861.4 ± 91.754.2 ± 89.7
Salt bakery70.4 ± 104.7*55.4 ± 110.946.6 ± 75.146.8 ± 77.4
Sweet49.9 ± 55.639.8 ± 50.241.5 ± 53.236.0 ± 42.9
Breakfast cereals4.7 ± 11.13.6 ± 10.53.9 ± 10.75.8 ± 13.3
Legumes13.7 ± 36.511.5 ± 29.511.5 ± 299.1 ± 27.3
Vegetables174.8 ± 124.4171.3 ± 129.6148.7 ± 105.9136.4 ± 115.4
Fresh fruits131.2 ± 141.5115.5 ± 138.9127.8 ± 132125.5 ± 145.7
Meat and meat products173.3 ± 123.3148.0 ± 97.2149.7 ± 101.4147.4 ± 99.4
Poultry47.0 ± 88.651.3 ± 90.138.3 ± 66.951.7 ± 78.8
Fish and seafood29.4 ± 79.536.0 ± 95.218.2 ± 47.517.8 ± 47.1
Milk and yoghurt244.9 ± 199.8**168.9 ± 156.1197.1 ± 162.4*155.8 ± 154.7
Cheese49.2 ± 61.656.5 ± 62.941.8 ± 53.335.5 ± 56.6
Eggs23.7 ± 39.923.7 ± 37.422.0 ± 38.917.2 ± 34.8
Snacks and potato crisps4.7 ± 14.85.6 ± 22.95.5 ± 17.44.9 ± 12.7
Sugar-sweetened drinks301.6 ± 297.8*237.3 ± 297183.6 ± 232.4188.4 ± 234.8
Sweets, chocolate and jam28.2 ± 33.9**14.7 ± 20.220.0 ± 25.219.0 ± 23.5

(when compared with the overweight group)
(when compared with the overweight group).