Table 2
The distribution of usual intake of added, free and total sugars and adherence to recommendations, Canada, 2015

Table 2
The distribution of usual intake of added, free and total sugars and adherence to recommendations, Canada, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of The distribution of usual intake of added Mean, Percentile and Recommendations (appearing as column headers).
	Mean	5^th	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th	95^th	<5% TEI	<10% TEI
	Mean	Percentile							Recommendations
Added sugar intake (grams per day)	57.1	13.8	18.5	29.6	47.7	74.2	107.2	132.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Free sugar intake (grams per day)	67.1	17.7	23.7	37.0	58.0	87.2	122.1	147.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Total sugar intake^{Table 2 Note ‡} (grams per day)	105.6	45.3	54.2	72.4	98.0	130.5	166.6	191.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
TEI^{Table 2 Note ††} from added sugars (%)	11.1	3.8	4.9	7.1	10.1	14.1	18.4	21.4	Note ...: not applicable	49.0
TEI from free sugars (%)	13.3	4.9	6.2	8.7	12.3	16.8	21.6	24.9	5.4	33.8
TEI from total sugars (%)	21.6	11.3	13.0	16.3	20.6	25.8	31.5	35.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable Note ‡ Total sugar intake, free sugar intake and added sugar intake were adjusted for inter-individual variation (sequence of the 24-hour recall and 24-hour recall collection day of the week) and for intra-individual variation (age and gender). Return to note ‡ referrer Note †† TEI: total energy intake. Return to note †† referrer Notes: The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that added sugar consumption not exceed 10% of TEI; the World Health Organization recommends that free sugar not exceed 5% and 10% of the TEI. Source: Author's compilation based on the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey - Nutrition content.

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