What do Australian adults eat for breakfast? A latent variable mixture modelling approach for understanding combinations of foods at eating occasions

Table 4 Percentage of breakfast food profiles consumed according to the type of day (weekend vs. weekday) and time-period of the day among Australian men and women breakfast consumers^{a, b, c}

	All breakfasts	Wholegrain cereals & milks	Protein-foods	Bread & spreads 1	Mixed cereals & milks	Bread & spreads 2	P value
		*Men (n = 3545)*
Day of the week (%)							< 0.001
Monday to Friday (weekday)	77	81	67	75	80	75
Saturday/Sunday (weekend)	23	19	33	25	20	25
Weekday time-period (%)							< 0.001
< 7:00	26	30	15	23	31	21
7:00 to 7:59	30	36	20	40	28	22
8:00 to 8:59	23	21	25	21	23	24
≥ 9:00	21	13	40	16	18	33
Weekend time-period (%)							0.08
< 7:00	12	18	6	11	14	8
7:00 to 7:59	19	24	14	22	18	19
8:00 to 8:59	26	26	21	30	28	24
≥ 9:00	43	32	59	37	40	49
		*Women (n = 4127)*
Day of the week (%)							< 0.001
Monday to Friday	80	82	70	84	77	80
Saturday/Sunday	20	18	30	16	23	23
Weekday time-period (%)							< 0.001
< 7:00	15	16	9	16	16	14
7:00 to 7:59	34	42	22	34	34	32
8:00 to 8:59	28	27	30	28	28	30
≥ 9:00	23	14	39	22	22	24
Weekend time-period (%)							< 0.001
< 7:00	8	8	2	8	12	7
7:00 to 7:59	22	41	11	23	16	24
8:00 to 8:59	33	27	27	36	39	32
≥ 9:00	37	24	60	33	33	37

^aValues are weighted percentages
^bWeekday vs weekend and time-of-day differences between breakfast profiles for were assessed using an adjusted Pearson Chi2 test
^cThe Breads and spreads profiles were differentiated by their accompanying beverages for men (Profile 1: coffee/tea; Profile 2: Sugar-sweetened beverages) and by bread grain varieties for women (Profile 1: wholegrain; Profile 2: refined grain)

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