CONFECTIONERY AND CEREAL/NUT/FRUIT/SEED BARS
The Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars food group includes chocolate, fruit, nut and seed bars and muesli or cereal style bars.
Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars were consumed by one quarter (25%) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population with around two in five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 4-8 and 9-13 years consuming from this group (40% and 38% respectively). Chocolate and chocolate-based confectionary was overall the most popular type of confectionary and was consumed by one in eight (12%) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The Other confectionery sub-group (mainly consisting of lollies) was consumed by 8.2% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population with children aged 4-8 years the highest consumers (16%). These children were also the most likely to have eaten Muesli or cereal style bars (18% of 4-8 year olds) (see Table 4.1).
Was there a difference by remoteness?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in non-remote areas were twice as likely to have eaten Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars as those in remote areas (28% compared with 14%), and gained over twice as much of their average daily energy intake from these products (2.9% compared with 1.3%) (see Table 8.1).
How did this compare with non-Indigenous people?
A lower proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than non-Indigenous people consumed from the Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars food group (25% compared with 32%). Chocolate and chocolate-based confectionery was consumed by around one in eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (12%) and one in six non-Indigenous people (17%) (see Table 4.1 and Table 4.3).