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Table 1 Mean monthly food expenditures and mean percentage of calories purchased

From: Overweight, obesity, and food consumption in Galapagos, Ecuador: a window on the world

    

Mean percentage of expended dollars

NOVA food classification

Mean percentage of purchased calories

NOVA food classification

Year

n

Unprocessed or Minimally processed

Processed culinary ingredient

Processed

Ultra-processed

Unprocessed or minimally processed

Processed culinary ingredient

Processed

Ultra-processed

A. Area

Urban

2009

931

73.2 (72.3-74.1)***

5.4 (5.1-5.6)*

7.4 (7.0-7.8)***

16.8 (15.8-17.9)

58.3 (56.8-59.8)***

17.7 (17.0-18.5)

5.9 (5.4-6.4)

21.3 (19.6-23.0)***

Urban

2014

486

69.2 (67.7-70.8)

6.1 (5.6-6.6)

11.2 (9.9-12.6)

19.3 (17.0-21.6)

52.3 (49.8-54.9)

18.7 (17.1-20.4)

5.4 (4.9-5.8)

30.3 (26.7-34.0)

Rural

2009

306

76.4 (75.2-77.5)

5.9 (5.3-6.5)

7.3 (6.8-7.8).

11.7 (10.5-12.9)

67.8 (65.6-70.0)

16.4 (15.0-17.8)

6.0 (5.4-6.7)

10.9 (9.0-12.8).

Rural

2014

82

74.0 (71.2-76.7)

5.6 (5.1-6.0)

8.6 (7.3-10.0)

14.8 (11.2-18.4)

62.5 (55.4-69.7)

17.5 (15.8-19.1)

5.5 (5.0-6.0)

19.2 (11.1-27.2)

B. Age in years

>60

2009

183

74.9 (72.1-77.6)*

5.9 (5.2-6.5)*

7.4 (6.5-8.2)**

16.8 (13.1-20.6)

61.6 (57.9-65.3)*

18.1 (16.3-20.0).

5.8 (4.8-6.8)

20.6 (16.0-25.3)

>60

2014

78

69.6 (65.7-73.5)

7.4 (6.1-8.6)

10.7 (8.7-12.8)

16.5 (12.5-20.5)

54.8 (49.6-60.0)

22.0 (18.5-25.5)

5.5 (4.4-6.7)

23.2 (17.8-28.6)

 

40-59

2009

589

74.2 (73.2-75.3)

5.5 (5.1-5.8)

7.6 (7.0-8.2)**

14.6 (13.5-15.7)

61.5 (59.8-63.2)**

17.5 (16.6-18.4)

6.1 (5.5-6.7).

17.2 (15.4-19.0)***

40-59

2014

277

72.6 (70.9-74.3)

5.6 (5.1-6.0)

9.9 (8.6-11.1)

16.4 (14.1-18.7)

55.6 (52.2-58.9)

17.7 (16.2-19.3)

5.3 (4.8-5.9)

26.9 (22.6-31.2)

20-39

2009

463

72.4 (71.1-73.7)**

5.3 (5.0-5.6)*

7.0 (6.6-7.5)***

18.0 (16.5-19.5)

56.3 (53.8-58.8)

17.4 (16.2-18.5)

5.6 (4.9-6.4)

23.3 (20.6-26.1)**

20-39

2014

212

67.6 (64.6-70.5)

6.0 (5.4-6.5)

11.6 (9.5-13.6)

21.6 (17.8-25.4)

53.6 (50.0-57.3)

17.9 (16.4-19.4)

5.4 (4.9-6.0)

31.0 (26.2-35.7)

C. Education

None or Primary

2009

400

76.4 (75.1-77.7)**

6.0 (5.6-6.4)*

7.0 (6.6-7.5)***

13.0 (11.3-14.7)

65.6 (63.1-68.1)**

16.8 (15.6-18.1)*

5.1 (4.6-5.6)

15.5 (12.8-18.3)**

None or Primary

2014

126

72.4 (69.7-75.0)

7.1 (6.2-8.0)

10.7 (8.9-12.4)

16.2 (12.5-19.9)

57.2 (51.6-62.8)

19.8 (17.4-22.3)

5.2 (4.4-6.0)

25.0 (19.2-30.8)

Secondary

2009

571

73.0 (71.8-74.1)**

5.2 (4.9-5.5).

7.5 (6.9-8.1)***

17.0 (15.7-18.2)

57.0 (55.0-59.0)

17.7 (16.8-18.7)

6.2 (5.4-7.0).

21.4 (19.2-23.6)**

Secondary

2014

276

69.7 (67.7-71.7)

5.8 (5.3-6.3)

11.3 (9.6-12.9)

19.9 (17.0-22.8)

54.8 (51.5-58.0)

18.1 (16.5-19.7)

5.2 (4.7-5.8)

29.8 (25.3-34.4)

Univ or Higher

2009

266

71.4 (69.5-73.3)

5.2 (4.7-5.7)

7.5 (6.8-8.2)*

18.6 (16.6-20.6)

57.1 (54.5-59.7)*

18.1 (16.6-19.6)

6.4 (5.6-7.1)

22.5 (19.6-25.4).

Univ or Higher

2014

166

69.8 (67.2-72.3)

5.3 (4.8-5.9)

9.5 (8.1-10.8)

17.2 (15.0-19.4)

52.7 (49.5-56.0)

17.8 (16.1-19.6)

5.8 (5.2-6.5)

26.7 (22.8-30.6)

D. Sex

Male

2009

419

72.0 (70.2-73.8)**

5.4 (5.0-5.8)*

8.1 (7.1-9.1)***

20.0 (17.9-22.1)*

54.4 (51.6-57.2)*

17.7 (16.5-18.9)

6.8 (5.8-7.8)

26.5 (23.3-29.7)**

Male

2014

156

65.8 (62.4-69.3)

6.6 (5.7-7.4)

14.5 (11.6-17.3)

25.0 (20.6-29.4)

48.3 (43.7-52.9)

19.9 (17.2-22.5)

6.3 (5.4-7.1)

38.8 (32.3-45.3)

Female

2009

818

74.3 (73.5-75.2)**

5.5 (5.2-5.7)

7.0 (6.7-7.4)***

14.4 (13.5-15.2)

61.9 (60.5-63.4)**

17.5 (16.7-18.3)

5.5 (5.1-6.0)

16.9 (15.4-18.4)***

Female

2014

412

71.9 (70.3-73.5)

5.8 (5.4-6.2)

9.3 (8.4-10.1)

15.8 (13.8-17.8)

57.0 (53.9-60.1)

18.0 (16.6-19.4)

5.1 (4.7-5.4)

23.8 (20.3-27.4)

E. Total

Total

2009

1237

73.6 (72.8-74.4)***

5.5 (5.2-5.7)*

7.4 (7.0-7.7)***

16.2 (15.3-17.1).

59.6 (58.2-60.9)**

17.5 (16.9-18.2)

5.9 (5.5-6.3).

20.0 (18.5-21.4)***

Total

2014

568

70.4 (68.9-71.9)

6.0 (5.6-6.4)

10.6 (9.5-11.7)

18.3 (16.2-20.4)

54.8 (51.7-57.8)

18.4 (17.1-19.7)

5.4 (5.0-5.7)

27.9 (24.1-31.6)