Table 3.
Percentage of the total energy intake of macronutrients and fibre content in complementary food by NOVA groups according to children’s age. Federal District, Brazil
| Dietary content | Children between 6 and 12 months of age | Children between 12 and 24 months of age | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n 178 | n 360 | |||||||||||
| Total | Group 1* | Group 2† | Total | Group 1* | Group 2† | |||||||
| % | CI 95 % | % | CI 95 % | % | CI 95 % | % | CI 95 % | % | CI 95 % | % | CI 95 % | |
| Macronutrients | ||||||||||||
| Carbohydrate | 66·3 | 62·3, 70·0 | 63·7 | 58·8, 68·2 | 72·3 | 65·3, 78·5 | 62·4 | 59·3, 65·4 | 58·3 | 54·3, 62·0 | 70·0 | 64·9, 74·7 |
| Total sugar | 26·2 | 22·7, 29·9 | 25·2 | 21·1, 29·5 | 28·7 | 22·5, 35·8 | 28·3 | 25·5, 31·1 | 25·6 | 22·3, 29·1 | 33·4 | 28·7, 38·7 |
| Total fat | 18·2 | 15·2, 21·5 | 18·3 | 14·8, 22·3 | 17·7 | 12·8, 24·1 | 21·9 | 19·3, 24·5 | 22·8 | 19·6, 26·2 | 20·2 | 16·2, 24·7 |
| Saturated fat | 6 | 4·4, 6·4 | 6·4 | 4·5, 9·3 | 5·2 | 2·7, 9·5 | 7·6 | 6·0, 9·3 | 8·4 | 6·4, 10·8 | 6·0 | 3·8, 8·9 |
| Protein | 15·5 | 12·8, 18,7 | 18·0 | 14·6, 22·1 | 10·0 | 6·1, 15·1 | 15·7 | 13·6, 18·2 | 18·9 | 16·1, 22·2 | 9·8 | 7·1, 13·4 |
| Fibre‡ | 1·6 | 1·5, 1·8 | 2·2 | 2·0, 2·3 | 0·7 | 0·6, 0·8 | 1·3 | 1·2, 1·3 | 1·5 | 1·4, 1·6 | 0·7 | 0·7, 0·8 |
*
Unprocessed, minimally processed foods and processed culinary ingredients.
†
Processed food and ultra-processed foods.
‡
Results presented in grams per 418·4 kilojoules (g/418·4 kJ/d).