Socio-economic and demographic factors associated with snacking behavior in a large sample of French adults

Table 2 Snacking characteristics of participants in the NutriNet Santé Study included in the present study (N = 104,183; 23,491 men and 84,692 women)^a

	Men (N = 23,491) % or mean (SD)	Women (N = 84,692) % or mean (SD)	P- value for chi-square or student t test analysis
Having at least one snack	65.4	73.5	< 0.0001
Frequency of snack among individuals having at least one snack during the record			< 0.0001
1 snack per day	55.0	54.9
2 snacks during the day	30.1	31.6
3 snacks during the day	11.3	10.9
4 snacks during the day	3.2	2.3
5 snacks during the day	0.4	0.3
Daily energy intake from snacking occasions (kcal)^b	269.3 (309.0)	231 (246.6)	< 0.0001
Contribution of energy intake from snacking to total daily energy ^b,c	11.8 (12.4)	12.8 (12.1)	< 0,0001
Daily mean nutrient density of snacks^b	115.3 (274.8)	103.5 (299.1)	< 0.0001
Daily mean energy density (without low caloric beverages) of snacks (kcal/100 g)^b	224.5 (170.2)	231.9 (170.8)	< 0.0001

^aData used in the analysis were collected for each participant at inclusion in the cohort
^bAmong individuals having at least one snack during the record
^cComputed as (energy intake from daily snacks/total daily energy intake)*100

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