Adult food consumption by household composition: an analysis of the first National Dietary Survey, Brazil, 2008–2009

To evaluate differences in food consumption of Brazilian adults according to the presence of children and adolescents in the household.Averages of two non-consecutive days of food records from the first Brazilian National Dietary Survey were analysed and classified into eighteen food groups according to nutritional characteristics and use in diet. We compared the mean percentage contribution to total daily energy intake of each food group...