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Table 2 Mean (SD) food servings per week by JFIM tertile and age groups in 2015

From: Assessing junk food consumption among Australian children: trends and associated characteristics from a cross-sectional study

  2015 JFIM tertile
  Low Middle High
Frequency of intake Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Younger children     
 Fried potato products 0.30 0.02 0.72 0.02 1.12 0.04
 Potato crisps/salty snacks 0.34 0.03 1.03 0.04 2.22 0.08
 Sweet/savoury biscuits 1.00 0.03 1.73 0.04 2.73 0.06
 Lollies/chocolate 0.48 0.02 1.12 0.02 1.95 0.05
 Ice-cream/ice-blocks 0.72 0.03 1.32 0.02 2.22 0.04
Older children     
 Fried potato products 0.33 0.02 0.84 0.02 1.41 0.04
 Potato crisps/salty snacks 0.54 0.03 1.29 0.03 2.37 0.05
 Sweet/savoury biscuits 0.80 0.03 1.59 0.03 2.75 0.05
 Lollies/chocolate 0.42 0.02 1.13 0.02 2.30 0.05
 Ice-cream/ice-blocks 0.46 0.02 1.08 0.03 1.96 0.06
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