The Food and Nutrition Security for Manitoba Youth (FANS) study: rationale, methods, dietary intakes and body mass index

Table 3 Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide (2007) food group servings, and percentage not meeting recommendations

Food group	EWCFG recommended servings	Total (n = 1536 recalls)		Females (n = 782 recalls)		Males (n = 682 recalls)		p-value	Cramer’s V
Food group	EWCFG recommended servings	Mean (SD)	% Not meeting recommendations	Mean (SD)	% Not meeting recommendations	Mean (SD)	% Not meeting recommendations	p-value	Cramer’s V
Grain products	6^a, 7^b	7.3 (4.1)	42.8	6.4 (3.6)	46.5^c	8.4 (4.4)	38.4^d	0.002*	0.082
Vegetables and Fruit	7^a, 8^b	3.1 (2.6)	93.9	3.0 (2.4)	94.1^c	3.2 (2.8)	93.5^c	0.651
Milk and Alternatives	3–4	2.1 (1.9)	74.0	1.7 (1.6)	80.3^c	2.5 (2.2)	66.9^d	< 0.001*	0.153
Meat and Alternatives	2^a, 3^b	2.4 (2.0)	57.0	2.0 (1.7)	56.6^c	2.9 (2.1)	57.5^c	0.749
Other Foods	NA	3.9 (3.5)	NA	3.4 (3.1)	NA	4.5 (3.9)	NA

EWCFG Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide (2007), NA Not applicable
^aRecommendations for females
^bRecommendations for males
^c,dPercentage values in a row with unlike letters are significantly different
^* p < 0.05: Pearson chi-square test for percentage not meeting recommendations by sex

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