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Table 2.

Total daily energy from meals and snacks among US children according to age category; Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study 2008

	Energy from food (kcal/d)^*
	6–8·9 months (n 249)		9–11·9 months(n 256)		12–23·9 months(n 925)		24–35·9 months(n 736)		36–47·9 months(n 725)		Across age categories
Meal occasion	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	P for trend^†
Total day^‡	726^d	16	972^c	39	1137^b	18	1249^a	24	1350^a	24	0·0000
Total meals^§	177^d	16	394^c	38	746^b	16	896^a	21	980^a	21	0·0000
Breakfast	52^d	8	105^c	10	228^b	7	258^a,b	9	276^a	9	0·0000
Lunch	62^d	7	128^c	13	256^b	8	315^a	10	354^a	10	0·0000
Dinner	63^d	6	161^c	20	263^b	8	323^a	10	351^a	12	0·0000
Total snacks^║	26^c	4	93^b	15	288^a	11	307^a	12	340^a	13	0·0000
Morning snack	6^b,c	2	24^b	5	93^a	6	91^a	8	86^a	6	0·0000
Afternoon snack	14^b	3	39^b	9	132^a	7	137^a	8	148^a	9	0·0000
Evening snack	6^d	1	30^c,d,e	9	63^b,c	4	79^a,b	8	106^a	9	0·0000
Other^¶	523^b	19	484^b	21	102^c	9	46^d	6	29^d	5	0·0000
Breast milk/infant formula only	492^b	16	454^b	21	45^c	7	2^d	1	0·3^d	0·2	0·0000

^a,b,c,d,eMean values across age categories within each eating occasion with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P≤0·01). The Bonferroni adjustment was used for the individual t-statistics to correct for multiple comparisons.

To convert to kJ/d, multiply kcal/d value by 4·184.

^†

Overall age comparisons are significant at the 99 % confidence level.

^‡

‘Total day’ represents all meal, snack and other eating occasions.

^§

‘Total meals’ represents consumption of one or more meals during the day; meals are classified as breakfast, lunch or dinner.

^║

‘Total snacks’ represents consumption of one or more snacks consumed during the day; snacks are classified by morning, afternoon or evening snack periods. Morning snack=anything called a snack and reported before midday or lunch; afternoon snack=anything called a snack and reported from midday or lunch until 18.00 hours; evening snack=anything called a snack and eaten from 18.00 hours or dinner until bedtime.

^¶

‘Other’ represents all reported breast milk and infant formula consumption as well as any eating occasions reported by the parents or caregivers as other eating occasions.