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Table 3 Per-capita consumption of meat/poultry/fish by gender for children and adults after disaggregation of mixed dishes (g/day)

From: Consumption patterns of meat, poultry, and fish after disaggregation of mixed dishes: secondary analysis of the Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey 2011–12

Mean (SD) (g)

Total

Total male

Total female

Children

Adult

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Red meat

57.0 (88.4)

68.5 (100)

46.9 (75.1)^

41.9 (69.3)

48.4 (79.1)

35.3 (56.9)^

61.6 (92.8)

75.2 (105.2)

50.1 (79.1)^

 Beef

40.0 (75.8)

48.0 (85)

33.0 (65.9)^

31.4 (59.7)

36.3 (67.7)

26.3 (49.8)^

42.6 (79.8)

51.9 (89.6)

34.8 (69.5)^

 Lamb

9.6 (40.2)

11.7 (47.4)

7.7 (32.3)^

6.3 (31.9)

7.5 (36.4)

5.1 (26.5)^

10.5 (42.3)

13.0 (50.5)

8.5 (33.7)^

 Pork

7.0 (33.7)

8.4 (38.2)

5.8 (29.2)^

4.1 (23.2)

4.4 (26.4)

3.8 (19.5)^

7.9 (36.3)

9.7 (41.2)

6.4 (31.4)^

 Kangaroo

0.3 (8.8)

0.3 (8.3)

0.2 (9.3)

0.1 (3.3)

0.1 (4.3)

0.0 (1.6)

0.3 (9.9)

0.4 (9.3)

0.3 (10.4)

 Game meat

0.1 (3.9)

0.2 (4.9)

0.1 (2.7)

0.0 (1.2)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (1.7)

0.1 (4.4)

0.2 (5.6)

0.1 (3.0)

Poultry

46.2 (86.7)

52.7 (100)

40.5 (72.5)^

38.9 (70.0)

40.0 (72.2)

37.8 (67.7)^

48.4 (91.0)

56.9 (107.3)

41.2 (73.8)^

 Chicken

44.7 (84.8)

50.8 (97.9)

39.2 (70.8)^

38.2 (68.5)

39.4 (71.7)

36.9 (65.1)^

46.7 (89.0)

54.6 (104.9)

39.9 (72.3)^

 Other

1.5 (19.4)

1.9 (22.5)

1.2 (16.3)^

0.7 (11.6)

0.6 (8.9)

0.9 (13.7)

1.7 (21.2)

2.3 (25.4)

1.3 (16.9)^

Organ/offal meat

0.0 (1.1)

0.0 (1.3)

0.0 (0.9)

0.0 (1.1)

0.0 (1.5)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (1.1)

0.0 (1.2)

0.0 (1.0)

Fish/seafood

22.1 (60.5)

23.3 (65.1)

21.1 (56.2)^

10.4 (33.6)

11.3 (36.9)

9.6 (29.8)^

25.6 (66.2)

27.3 (71.6)

24.2 (61.1)^

 Finfish

10.9 (43.1)

12.3 (46.6)

9.7 (39.6)^

5.5 (25.1)

6.2 (28.6)

4.9 (20.9)^

12.6 (47.0)

14.3 (51.1)

11.0 (43.3)^

 Seafood

3.5 (21.2)

3.5 (22.1)

3.5 (20.3)

1.4 (12.3)

1.4 (12.9)

1.4 (11.7)

4.2 (23.1)

4.3 (24.4)

4.1 (22.0)

 Canned fish

5.9 (25)

5.7 (24.6)

6.0 (25.3)

2.9 (16.1)

3.2 (18.2)

2.5 (13.6)^

6.8 (27.0)

6.5 (26.4)

7.0 (27.6)^

 Fish/seafood products

1.8 (25.1)

1.7 (28.3)

1.8 (21.8)

0.6 (9.5)

0.4 (6.6)

0.8 (11.6)

2.1 (28.1)

2.2 (32.4)

2.1 (23.9)

Processed meat

26.5 (58)

33.2 (67.3)

20.6 (47.5)^

26.9 (53.4)

31.2 (59.9)

22.5 (45.3)^

26.4 (59.3)

33.8 (69.5)

20.1 (48.1)^

 Sausage

10.2 (43.4)

13.4 (51.6)

7.4 (34.4)^

11.0 (41.5)

13.5 (48.3)

8.5 (32.9)^

10.0 (43.9)

13.4 (52.6)

7.1 (34.8)^

 Ham

5.0 (15.3)

5.8 (16.2)

4.2 (14.3)^

5.5 (16.3)

5.9 (15.3)

5.0 (17.2)^

4.8 (15)

5.7 (16.5)

4.0 (13.4)^

 Bacon

4.7 (16.5)

5.9 (19.0)

3.7 (13.9)^

4.2 (15.3)

4.5 (14.9)

3.8 (15.6)^

4.9 (16.9)

6.4 (20.2)

3.7 (13.3)^

 Salami

1.8 (13.1)

2.2 (14.0)

1.4 (12.3)^

1.3 (8.6)

1.6 (10.3)

1.0 (6.4)^

1.9 (14.2)

2.4 (15.0)

1.5 (13.4)^

 Luncheon meat

3.0 (19.3)

3.3 (19.6)

2.7 (19.0)^

2.4 (15.2)

2.3 (13.7)

2.4 (16.6)^

3.2 (20.4)

3.6 (21.2)

2.8 (19.6)^

 Other

1.8 (10.3)

2.6 (12.2)

1.2 (8.2)^

2.5 (13.7)

3.4 (16.0)

1.8 (10.9)^

1.6 (8.9)

2.3 (10.6)

1.0 (7.3)^

Total meat/poultry/fish

152.0 (128.9)

177.8 (146.8)

129.1 (105.6)^

118.2 (105.6)

131.0 (119.6)

105.2 (87.4)^

162.1 (133.5)

193.3 (151.6)

135.7 (109.2)^

  1. ^ P-value < 0.05 for gender difference from t-test