Skip to main content

Table 2 Pre-COVID-19 average food consumption frequencies in Italy and the USA

From: Post-lockdown changes in diet in Italy and the USA: Return to old habits or structural changes?

Food categories

Total sample

Italy

USA

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Grains

3.51

0.94

3.75

0.84

3.18

0.98

Vegetables and fruit

3.82

0.90

3.93

0.87

3.67

0.94

Legumes

2.70

0.89

2.92

0.66

2.38

1.07

Potatoes

2.87

0.71

2.88

0.60

2.86

0.84

Fish

2.69

0.81

2.76

0.65

2.59

1.00

Processed meat

2.75

0.86

2.90

0.74

2.52

0.98

Red meat

2.68

0.78

2.69

0.69

2.65

0.91

Pork meat

2.44

0.82

2.57

0.70

2.26

0.93

Sweets

3.03

0.90

3.03

0.85

3.03

0.96

Salted snacks

2.81

0.92

2.69

0.86

2.97

0.97

White meat

2.97

0.74

2.98

0.62

2.96

0.88

Eggs

2.96

0.78

2.86

0.62

3.11

0.93

Milk

3.41

1.11

3.46

1.05

3.33

1.19

Dairy products and cheeses

3.27

0.81

3.26

0.73

3.27

0.93

Wine

2.66

1.17

2.91

1.15

2.30

1.11

Beer

2.39

1.05

2.51

0.91

2.21

1.20

Soft drinks

2.99

1.09

2.88

1.01

3.15

1.19

Spirits

2.03

0.98

1.95

0.89

2.15

1.07

Ready to eat

2.44

1.04

2.20

0.91

2.79

1.13

Frozen food

2.76

0.79

2.72

0.64

2.82

0.96

Canned food

2.57

0.80

2.56

0.68

2.59

0.95

  1. Means are calculated on the food frequencies of consumption ranging on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Never; 2 = Less than once a week; 3 = A few times a week; 4 = Once a day; 5 = , More than once a day). SD standard deviation