. 2019 Dec 18;23(9):1589–1598. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019003537

Table 1.

Package size of the children’s breakfast cereals (n 636) sampled from supermarkets in five different Western countries, 2013–2018

	Number of products	Package size (g)						Products with package size ≥750 g
		All products		With promotional characters^†		Without promotional characters		Products with package size ≥750 g
		Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	n	%
Australia	76	400^a	300–500	393	342·5–500	400^a	300–500	1^a	1·3
New Zealand	47	400^a	300–500	363	300–500	400^a	320–500	1^a	2·1
UK	123	420^a	375–508	375	375–500	500^b	375–565	9^a,b	7·3
USA	283	425^a	325–619	414	311–558	425^a	340–691	46^b	16·1
Canada	107	510^b	346–680	450	340–610	533^b	361–685	11^b	10·2

IQR, interquartile range.

^a,bValues within a column unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P ≤ 0·01).

^†

Includes cartoons, animals or characters (fictional or non-fictional).