Table 5 Comparison of reported consumption of different types of dairy products

Fuller et al. 2007 [38]

942^{a b}

Age range:

≤ 60 years

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou; 2001

44.41 kg/y

10.43 kg/y

0.90 kg/y

2.36 kg/y

N/R

There was over 90 percent of households consuming milk. And the amount of milk consumption was the highest, followed by yogurt.

Qiao et al. 2010 [90]

354^b

Age range:

12 - 82 years

Hohhot;

2008

Intake range

81.1 - 124.4 g/d

Intake range

24.5 - 33.6 g/d

Intake range 1.2 - 1.9 g/d

Intake range

5.3 - 7.6 g/d

N/R

Participants had the highest amount of milk consumption, followed by yogurt, ice cream and milk powder.

Silanikove et al.

2015 [96]

N/R

National;

2011

9.1 kg/y

N/R

N/R

N/R

0.1 kg/y

Chinese population had remarkable less consumption of butter than milk in 2011.

Huang et al. 2019 [62]

4921

Age range:

≥ 60 years

Multiple cities (provinces) C,

2015

Percentage of consumer

60 - 79, 15.6%;

≥ 80, 20.9%

Percentage of consumer

60 - 79, 5.3%;

≥ 80, 6.3%

Percentage of consumer

60 - 79, 1.0%;

≥ 80, 2.6%

N/R

N/R

Milk and yogurt were the main type of dairy products consumed by elders aged 60 and over.

Guo et al. 2019 [95]

6073

Age range:

≥ 18 years

Northern China (city or province not reported); 2014 - 2016

38.64 g/d

29.72 g/d

13.81 g/d

N/R

N/R

The amount of milk consumption ranked the highest, followed by yogurt and milk powder.

Yang et al. 2021 [91]

2702

Age range:

≥ 18 years

National;

2020

Median (IQR)

71.5 (10.7 - 150.0) ml/d

Median (IQR)

17.8 (3.6 - 71.5) ml/d

N/R

N/R

N/R

The consumption of yoghurt was much lower than milk.