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Table 2 Percentage distributions of categories for foods indicated as fattening

From: Perception of fattening foods in Italian children and adolescents

Boys

     
 

Overall

Children

Adolescents

Normalweight

Overweight

Chocolate and snacks

23.2

20.5

25.3

22.5

25.1

Biscuits and ice creams

18.5

19.2

18.0

18.4

18.8

Fat Meat

10.9

13.3

9.1

11.5

9.3

Filled cakes and sweets

8.0

6.7

8.9

8.3

6.9

Fried potatoes

7.5

6.6

8.2

8.1

5.4

Oils and condiments

5.6

3.7

7.1

5.1

7.2

Lean meet

5.1

7.1

3.6

5.4

4.2

Cold cuts

4.9

4.9

4.9

5.4

3.3

Bread and pasta

4.4

4.4

4.5

3.8

6.3

Pizza

4.1

4.9

3.4

4.0

4.2

Juices and drinks

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.7

Dairy products

1.5

0.8

2.0

1.4

1.8

Vegetables

1.3

2.4

0.5

1.3

1.5

Non-sweet fruits and cereals

1.0

1.8

0.3

0.7

1.8

Eggs

0.7

0.5

0.9

0.7

0.9

Fried fish

0.6

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.6

Fish

0.3

0.5

0.1

0.4

0.0

Sweet fruit

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.3

Girls

     
 

Overall

Children

Adolescents

Normalweight

Overweight

Chocolate and snacks

26.5

25.6

27.2

27.2

22.4

Biscuits and ice creams

16.3

17.0

15.7

15.7

19.5

Bread and pasta

9.2

9.8

8.8

8.2

15.1

Oils and condiments

8.0

4.5

10.8

7.9

8.3

Fried potatoes

7.6

6.9

8.1

7.9

5.4

Filled cakes and sweets

7.0

6.7

7.2

7.4

4.4

Fat Meat

5.4

4.8

5.9

5.6

4.4

Cold cuts

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.2

5.9

Lean meet

4.2

6.1

2.7

4.3

3.9

Juices and drinks

2.5

3.0

2.1

2.3

3.9

Pizza

2.5

3.5

1.7

2.4

2.9

Dairy products

1.8

1.6

2.0

1.9

1.5

Non-sweet fruits and cereals

1.0

1.4

0.7

1.1

0.5

Vegetables

0.9

1.6

0.4

1.0

0.5

Sweet fruit

0.6

1.1

0.3

0.7

0.5

Eggs

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

1.0

Fish

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.0

Fried fish

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.0