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Appendix G: Food Group and Subgroup Intakes
Pages 57-62

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... Appendix G Food Group and Subgroup Intakes 57
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... (%) Vegetables Starchy White Potatoes Chips 0.05 19 0.00 1 0.05 24 0.00 2 "French Fries, Frozen" 0.02 7 0.05 23 0.01 6 0.05 24 Non-WIC-Eligiblea 0.00 1 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 Potentially WIC-Eligibleb 0.09 40 0.02 9 0.07 37 0.01 7 Total 0.16 68 0.08 32 0.14 67 0.07 33 Other Starchy 0.05 85 0.01 15 0.05 76 0.02 24 Total Starchy 0.21 71 0.08 29 0.18 69 0.08 31 Tomatoes 0.12 80 0.03 20 0.11 74 0.04 26 Dark Green 0.02 80 0.00 20 0.02 87 0.00 13 Red-Orange (excluding tomatoes)
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... b Although some forms of potatoes that are not fresh might meet the current regulations as allowable forms, it was not possible to distinguish whether the form of non-fresh potato would have been allowable (e.g., whether the "frozen" form had fat added) using information in the NHANES food item codes.
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... 0.04 76 0.01 24 Legumes 0.12 81 0.03 19 Other Vegetables 0.22 53 0.20 47 Fruit Citrus-Melon-Berries 0.13 88 0.02 12 Other Fruit 0.30 95 0.01 5 Juices 0.47 92 0.04 8 NOTE: c-eq/d = cup-equivalents/d. a "Non-WIC-Eligible" includes white potatoes in jarred baby foods and canned products, including white potatoes in corned beef hash, stews, and soups.
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... . f Percent of the total food group intake; e.g., percent of total starchy vegetable intake.
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... . To assess food group intake data, the usual intake distributions were estimated using methods that account for the statistical properties of the data (intra-individual variation and reported data that are normally distributed [Carriquiry, 1999; IOM, 2000]
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  • examination survey
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