The publics' understanding of daily caloric recommendations and their perceptions of calorie posting in chain restaurants

Table 2 American reports of daily recommended energy requirements

	Knowledge of energy requirements
	Moderately active men			Moderately active women			Inactive adults
	< 1500 kcal	1500 to < 3000 kcal	> 3000 kcal	< 1500 kcal	1500 to < 3000 kcal	> 3000 kcal	< 1500 kcal	1500 to < 3000 kcal	> 3000 kcal
Total	8	78	14	26	69	5	60	35	5
Gender
Female	6	79	15	31	65	4	73	25	2
Male	10	76	14	20	74	5	48	44	8
P-value	0.276			0.082			<0.001
Race	7	83	10	23	74	3	64	34	2
White	7	83	10	23	74	3	64	34	2
Black	14	65	21	43	49	7	59	28	13
Hispanic	14	60	26	30	64	6	55	35	10
P-value	0.001			0.012			<0.001
Age, y
18-44	5	74	21	19	73	8	52	41	7
45-64	9	81	9	28	70	2	65	31	4
65+	13	79	8	39	58	3	73	26	2
P-value	<0.001			<0.001			0.010
Education	8	74	18	36	57	7	52	44	4
Less than high school	8	74	18	36	57	7	52	44	4
High school diploma	12	69	19	31	66	3	63	29	8
More than high school	6	83	11	20	74	5	60	36	4
P-value	0.084			0.156			0.379
BMI category
Healthy weight	7	82	11	25	70	5	59	34	7
Overweight	11	75	14	25	70	5	59	36	5
Obese	7	74	19	27	69	4	60	38	3
P-value	0.295			0.984			0.586

Notes: Numbers may not add up to 100% because of rounding. Data are weighted to be representative of the national population. P-values for chi-squared tests were calculated among demographic and bodyweight categories. Sample sizes vary across categories because of missing data.

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