Table 2.
Prevalence and amount of ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal consumption among US toddlers, children, adolescents and adults*
| All ages (≥1 year) |
Toddlers (1–3 years) |
Children (4–12 years) |
Adolescents (13–18 years) |
Adults (≥19 years) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 8167 | 559 | 1540 | 992 | 5076 |
| RTE cereal consumers† | |||||
| n‡ | 1994 | 237 | 589 | 247 | 921 |
| % | 24·2 | 45·5 | 39·9 | 27·3 | 20·3 |
| Median daily RTE cereal consumption among RTE cereal consumers† only (g/d) | 42·4 | 21·2 | 30·8 | 45·4 | 45·9 |
*
Data are from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013–2014, excluding pregnant and lactating women, using self-reported food intake from the first 24 h dietary recall.
†
RTE cereal consumers were identified as those who reported consuming any quantity of RTE cereal in their first 24 h dietary recall in NHANES 2013–2014.
‡
Percentages were weighted using the appropriate weights set by NHANES to account for the sampling design, non-response and current demographics of the US population.