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Table 2 Breakfast nutrient intakes, mean (SE), prior to the introduction of the breakfast programme, for children who did and did not qualify for free school meals

From: A cross-sectional observational study of the nutritional intake of UK primary school children from deprived and non-deprived backgrounds: implications for school breakfast schemes

Nutrient

No free school meals (n = 262)

Free school meals (n = 87)

Energy (Mj)

4.85 (0.16)

4.74 (0.31)

Protein (g)

8.5 (0.3)

7.7 (0.5)

Fat (g)

7.4 (0.4)

7.2 (0.6)

Carbohydrate (g)

46.6 (1.5)

46.7 (3.1)

Fibre (g)

1.8 (0.1)

1.8 (0.2)

Calcium (mg)

246 (15.9)

258.1 (32.7)

Phosphorus (mg)

202.5 (8.8)

142.2 (14.6)

Magnesium (mg)

41.7 (2.1)

33.5 (3.4)

Sodium (mg)

330.5 (15.3)

248.4 (26.2)

aPotassium (mg)

371.8 (13.8)

326.2 (21.6)

Chloride (mg)

512.0 (23.5)

444.7 (39.7)

Iron (mg)

2.6 (0.2)

2.6 (0.1)

Zinc (mg)

1.1 (0.1)

1.0 (0.1)

Copper (mg)

0.1 (0.1)

0.1 (0.1)

Selenium (μg)

3.3 (0.1)

3.1 (0.5)

Iodine (μg)

37.4 (1.8)

32.4 (3.1)

aVitamin B1 (mg)

0.4 (0.02)

0.4 (0.03)

Vitamin B2 (mg)

0.6 (0.03)

0.5 (0.05)

Niacin (mg)

5.5 (0.2)

5.1 (0.4)

Vitamin B6 (mg)

0.4 (0.02)

0.4 (0.05)

Vitamin B12 (μg)

0.7 (0.04)

0.7 (0.06)

Folate (μg)

62.6 (3.2)

58.2 (5.9)

aVitamin C (mg)

33.3 (1.8)

17.7 (2.6)

Vitamin A (μg)

65.5 (3.4)

65.1 (7.6)

Vitamin D (μg)

0.2 (0.02)

0.1 (0.04)

Vitamin E (mg)

0.6 (0.05)

0.6 (0.07)

  1. aDiffered significantly, p < .05