Share of total food expenditure | Not obese | Obese | t-test | Not overweight | Overweighta | t-test |
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Panel A: All households with children under 5 years old | ||||||
All ultra-processed food | 7.0% | 8.2% | Â | 6.9% | 8.0% | * |
 Sugar-sweetened food | 0.5% | 0.7% |  | 0.5% | 0.6% |  |
 Sugar-sweetened beverage | 2.5% | 3.4% | ** | 2.4% | 3.3% | *** |
 High saturated fat food | 3.0% | 3.1% |  | 3.0% | 2.9% |  |
 Other ultra-processed food | 1.0% | 1.1% |  | 1.0% | 1.2% |  |
Processed food | 5.4% | 6.6% | ** | 5.3% | 6.1% | * |
Processed culinary ingredients | 4.6% | 7.5% | *** | 4.5% | 6.2% | *** |
Minimally or unprocessed | 83.1% | 77.8% | *** | 83.3% | 79.7% | *** |
Sample size | 1601 | 121 | Â | 1459 | 263 | Â |
Panel B: Non-poor (top 60% expenditure distribution) | ||||||
 All ultra-processed food | 8.2% | 8.9% |  | 7.9% | 9.7% | * |
  Sugar-sweetened food | 0.6% | 1.2% | *** | 0.6% | 0.9% | ** |
  Sugar-sweetened beverage | 3.1% | 3.5% |  | 2.9% | 4.3% | *** |
  High saturated fat food | 3.6% | 3.2% |  | 3.5% | 3.5% |  |
  Other ultra-processed food | 0.9% | 1.0% |  | 0.9% | 0.9% |  |
 Processed food | 5.6% | 5.5% |  | 5.5% | 6.0% |  |
 Processed culinary ingredients | 4.4% | 5.0% |  | 4.4% | 5.0% |  |
 Minimally or unprocessed | 81.9% | 80.6% |  | 82.2% | 79.3% | ** |
Sample size | 851 | 67 | Â | 785 | 133 | Â |
Panel C: Poor (bottom 40% expenditure distribution) | ||||||
 All ultra-processed food | 5.7% | 7.6% | * | 5.7% | 6.5% |  |
  Sugar-sweetened food | 0.4% | 0.2% |  | 0.4% | 0.3% |  |
  Sugar-sweetened beverage | 1.8% | 3.2% | *** | 1.8% | 2.5% | * |
  High saturated fat food | 2.4% | 3.0% |  | 2.4% | 2.4% |  |
  Other ultra-processed food | 1.1% | 1.2% |  | 1.0% | 1.4% |  |
 Processed food | 5.2% | 7.5% | *** | 5.2% | 6.2% |  |
 Processed culinary ingredients | 4.8% | 9.5% | *** | 4.7% | 7.2% | *** |
 Minimally or unprocessed | 84.4% | 75.3% | *** | 84.5% | 80.0% | *** |
Sample size | 750 | 54 | Â | 674 | 130 | Â |