Food intake profiles of children aged 12, 24 and 48 months from the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort: an exploratory analysis using principal components

Table 1 Food intake profiles of children aged 12, 24 and 48 months from the Pelotas birth cohort, 2004

FOOD PROFILE	12 months Food item	Loading	% var	24 months Food item	Loading	% var	48 months Food item	Loading	% var
Milks	Breast milk	0.68	11.2	Breast milk	0.65	9.5	Cow’s milk	0.64	9.2
Milks	Cow’s milk	–0.70	11.2	Cow’s milk	–0.69	9.5	Chocolate milk	0.62	9.2
Staple	Rice	0.65	11.1	Rice	0.67	10.8	Rice	0.62	9.4
	Beans	0.55		Beans	0.61		Beans	0.50
	Pasta	–0.40		Pasta	–0.38		Meat	0.42
Meat & vegetables	Meat	0.68	9.1	Meat	0.56	8.0
	Vegetables/legumes	0.50		Vegetables/legumes	0.54
	Potato/cassava	0.36		Potato/cassava	0.38
				Fruits	0.46
Beverages	Juice	0.66	8.6	Juice	0.68	8.4	Juice	0.71	7.2
Beverages	Water/tea	–0.72	8.6	Water/tea	–0.71		Soft drinks	–0.52	7.2
Snack	Coffee	0.53	8.4	Coffee	0.58	9.1	Coffee	0.46	7.6
	Bread/cookies	0.63		Bread/cookies	0.58		Bread/cookies	0.35
	Fruits	–0.38		Yogurt	–0.45		Water/tea	0.34
							Yogurt	–0.42
							Soft drinks	–0.39
Treats							Chips	0.58	7.1
							Sweets	0.57
							Chocolate	0.43
Total			48.4			45.8			40.5

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