Table 6 Proportion of variance (%) of BMI z-score predicted by each eating occasion definition: results from 2011 to 12 NNPAS by gender and age group1
From: Characterizing children’s eating patterns: does the choice of eating occasion definition matter?
Participant-identified | Time-of-day | 15 min | 15-min + 21 kJ | 15-min + 210 kJ | 60-min | 60-min + 21 kJ | 60-min + 210 kJ | ||||||||||
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Total meal and snack frequency2 | Total eating occasion frequency | ||||||||||||||||
n | crude | adj | crude | adj | crude | adj | crude | adj | crude | adj | crude | adj | crude | adj | crude | adj | |
Boys | |||||||||||||||||
2–3 y | 171 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
4–8 y | 319 | < 0.1 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
9–11 y | 189 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.3 | < 0.1 | 0.3 |
12–13 y | 133 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
14–18 y | 312 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0.1 |
Girls | |||||||||||||||||
2–3 y | 182 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | < 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
4–8 y | 300 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
9–11 y | 201 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 | > 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
12–13 y | 141 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 5.6 |
14–18 y | 258 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 |