Table 3.
Coefficients and se from first difference regressions of energy content at lunch and energy content at dinner on meal skipping indicators and other intake characteristics
| (1) | (2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy content at lunch | Energy content at dinner | |||
| Coefficient | se | Coefficient | se | |
| Skip breakfast | 193·18*** | 56·68 | 113·89* | 58·32 |
| Skip lunch | 369·48*** | 51·98 | ||
| Skip breakfast and lunch | 299·25** | 123·08 | ||
| Number of snacks until meal | −72·86* | 37·18 | −83·51*** | 21·68 |
| Meal from FAFH | 711·13*** | 40·73 | 632·39*** | 43·24 |
| Weekend | 153·99*** | 34·46 | 4·26 | 29·42 |
| Constant | 8·72 | 24·55 | −53·85* | 29·75 |
| Observations | 15 664 | 19 906 | ||
| R 2 | 0·06 | 0·04 | ||
| Calculated full effect | ||||
| Skipping breakfast and lunch | 782·62*** | 110·16 | ||
FAFH, food-away-from-home.
se account for complex sampling design. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dietary intake day 2 weights (wtdr2d) were used to compute nationally representative estimates. Result (1) is robust when only considering those who eat breakfast 1 d and skip it the other day.
Source: Authors’ calculations using data from the 2007–2016 NHANES.
***P < 0·01, **P < 0·05, *P < 0·1.