Table 3 Energy and macronutrient analysis of constructed healthy (recommended) [3] and current (unhealthy) diets [4] for select age/gender groups used to develop the household diet baskets

Adult male 19–50 year

Constructed current (unhealthy) diet^a

10670

17

32

12

47

4

Mean reported intake (AHS) [1]

10220

18

32

12

43

6

Constructed healthy diet^a

8750

22

33

9

45

0

Recommended Foundation diet (Ht 1.6 m PAL 1.4) [2]

9000

15-25

20-35

<10

45-65

<5

Adult female 19–50 year

Constructed unhealthy (current) diet^a

7820

17

30

12

49

4

Mean reported intake (AHS) [1]

7540

18

33

12

44

4

Constructed healthy diet^a

7370

24

29

9

47

0

Recommended Foundation diet (Ht 1.5 m PAL 1.4) [2]

7100

15-25

20-35

<10

45-65

<5

Senior male ≥ 70 year

Constructed current (unhealthy) diet^a

9040

16

30

12

48

4

Mean reported intake (AHS) [1]

8170

17

31

12

45

5

Constructed healthy diet [2]

7460

26

30

11

43

0

Recommended Foundation diet (Ht 1.6 m PAL 1.4) [2]

7300

15-25

20U-35

<10

45-65

<5

Senior female ≥ 70 year

Constructed current (unhealthy) diet^a

7200

16

30

12

50

3

Mean reported intake (AHS) [1]

6570

18

32

12

44

4

Constructed healthy diet^a

6710

25

32

12

44

0

Recommended Foundation diet (Ht 1.5 m PAL 1.4) [2]

6500

15-25

20-35

<10

45-65

<5

Boy 14 years

Constructed current (unhealthy) diet^a

9130

16

29

12

54

0

Mean reported intake (AHS) [1]

10190

17

33

13

49

0

Constructed healthy diet^a

8770

23

28

9

47

0

Recommended Foundation diet (PAL 1.4) [2]

9300

15-25

20-35

<10

45-65

0

Girl 8 years

Constructed current (unhealthy) diet^a

6420

15

27

12

56

0

Mean reported intake (AHS) [1]

6430

15

31

13

52

0

Constructed healthy diet [3]^a

5890

26

23

9

51

0

Recommended Foundation diet (PAL 1.4) [2]

6000

15-25

20-35

<10

45-65

0

Boy 4 years

Constructed current (unhealthy) diet^a

7650

15

30

12

54

0

Mean reported intake (AHS) [1]

7640

15

32

14

51

0

Constructed healthy diet^a

5110

25

24

10

50

0

Recommended Foundation diet (PAL 1.4) [2]

5200

15-25

20-35

<10

45-65

0