Table 3 Total frequency of meals and snacks, total energy intake from meals and snacks, and total energy intake per meal and per snack for the participant-identified versus time-of-day definitions: results from 2011 to 12 NNPAS by gender and age groups1
From: Characterizing children’s eating patterns: does the choice of eating occasion definition matter?
n | Boys | n | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participant-identified | Time-of-day | Participant-identified | Time-of-day | |||
Frequency of meals | ||||||
2–3 y | 226 | 3.0 (0.7) | 2.8 (0.4)* | 234 | 3.2 (0.8) | 2.9 (0.4)* |
4–8 y | 393 | 3.1 (0.5) | 2.9 (0.3)* | 386 | 3.1 (0.5) | 2.9 (0.3)* |
9–11 y | 223 | 3.1 (0.6) | 2.9 (0.3)* | 229 | 3.1 (0.5) | 2.9 (0.3)* |
12-13 y | 159 | 3.0 (0.5) | 2.8 (0.3)* | 166 | 2.8 (0.7) | 2.6 (0.5)* |
14-18 y | 363 | 2.7 (0.7) | 2.6 (0.6)* | 322 | 2.9 (0.6) | 2.6 (0.6)* |
Frequency of snacks | ||||||
2–3 y | 226 | 3.8 (2.0) | 4.0 (2.0)* | 234 | 3.8 (2.2) | 4.2 (2.3)* |
4–8 y | 393 | 3.4 (1.6) | 3.6 (1.7)* | 386 | 3.4 (1.4) | 3.5 (1.5)* |
9–11 y | 223 | 3.4 (1.4) | 3.6 (1.5)* | 229 | 3.4 (1.3) | 3.6 (1.2)* |
12-13 y | 159 | 3.1 (1.5) | 3.3 (1.4)* | 166 | 3.3 (1.5) | 3.5 (1.4)* |
14-18 y | 363 | 3.0 (1.6) | 3.1 (1.6)* | 322 | 2.7 (1.5) | 3.0 (1.6)* |
Total energy intake from meals (kJ) | ||||||
2–3 y | 226 | 4063 (2017) | 3972 (1882) | 234 | 3748 (1815) | 3707 (1743) |
4–8 y | 393 | 5251 (1868) | 5090 (1819)* | 386 | 4331 (1663) | 4314 (1650) |
9–11 y | 223 | 6069 (2151) | 5836 (1968)* | 229 | 5480 (2309) | 5329 (2070) |
12-13 y | 159 | 6880 (2558) | 6545 (2541) | 166 | 5150 (2020) | 4891 (1986)* |
14-18 y | 363 | 7252 (3380) | 6822 (3181)* | 322 | 5942 (2690) | 5559 (2754)* |
Total energy intake from snacks (kJ) | ||||||
2–3 y | 226 | 1976 (1301) | 2067 (1517) | 234 | 2102 (1866) | 2143 (1562) |
4–8 y | 393 | 2387 (1514) | 2549 (1521)* | 386 | 2104 (1339) | 2122 (1241) |
9–11 y | 223 | 2893 (1859) | 3126 (1856)* | 229 | 2620 (1627) | 2771 (1399) |
12-13 y | 159 | 2710 (2044) | 3046 (2101) | 166 | 2682 (1936) | 2942 (1828)* |
14-18 y | 363 | 3018 (2577) | 3448 (2933)* | 322 | 2236 (1799) | 2619 (1874)* |
Energy intake per meal (kJ)2 | ||||||
2–3 y | 226 | 1372 (631) | 1399 (630) | 234 | 1188 (541) | 1287 (567)* |
4–8 y | 393 | 1683 (574) | 1741 (627)* | 386 | 1413 (531) | 1471 (548)* |
9–11 y | 223 | 1976 (748) | 2081 (818)* | 229 | 1790 (669) | 1847 (706) |
12-13 y | 159 | 2377 (904) | 2359 (890) | 166 | 1849 (657) | 1878 (684) |
14-18 y | 363 | 2673 (1148) | 2689 (1267) | 321 | 2115 (967) | 2177 (1048) |
Energy intake per snack (kJ)3 | ||||||
2–3 y | 225 | 547 (400) | 542 (591) | 231 | 548 (397) | 538 (386) |
4–8 y | 387 | 753 (484) | 758 (592) | 381 | 675 (526) | 647 (394) |
9–11 y | 220 | 899 (554) | 908 (497) | 225 | 802 (501) | 832 (455) |
12-13 y | 153 | 919 (722) | 953 (463) | 162 | 865 (587) | 867 (509) |
14-18 y | 351 | 1110 (1384) | 1111 (976) | 308 | 924 (776) | 934 (659) |