Table 3.
Percentage of daily energy and nutrient intakes coming from snacks among US children according to age category; Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study 2008
| Percentage (%) of each nutrient | 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) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coming from snacks * | % | se | % | se | % | se | % | se | % | se |
| Daily energy from snacks | 3·2 | 0·5 | 9·1 | 1·6 | 24·8 | 0·8 | 24·6 | 0·9 | 25·0 | 0·9 |
| Protein | 2·7 | 0·4 | 6·8 | 1·0 | 19·5 | 0·9 | 17·2 | 0·8 | 17·7 | 1·0 |
| Fat | 1·2 | 0·3 | 4·5 | 0·8 | 22·7 | 1·0 | 22·9 | 1·1 | 23·8 | 1·1 |
| Saturated fat | 1·1 | 0·3 | 3·5 | 0·7 | 23·0 | 1·2 | 23·2 | 1·2 | 24·5 | 1·2 |
| Carbohydrate | 4·8 | 0·9 | 12·4 | 2·0 | 27·9 | 0·9 | 28·2 | 1·0 | 28·2 | 1·0 |
| Total sugar | 3·9 | 1·0 | 10·8 | 2·2 | 31·8 | 1·2 | 33·2 | 1·3 | 32·8 | 1·2 |
| Added sugar | 5·2 | 1·9 | 13·7 | 3·0 | 35·0 | 1·6 | 35·6 | 2·1 | 38·5 | 1·6 |
| Dietary fibre | 7·5 | 1·2 | 15·3 | 2·7 | 22·0 | 1·0 | 24·3 | 1·1 | 25·5 | 1·2 |
| Vitamin C | 4·4 | 1·8 | 10·6 | 2·2 | 25·9 | 1·5 | 27·3 | 1·8 | 25·9 | 1·6 |
| Folate | 4·5 | 0·9 | 11·6 | 1·8 | 19·6 | 0·8 | 18·7 | 1·0 | 18·9 | 1·1 |
| Vitamin B12 | 3·8 | 0·9 | 8·4 | 1·7 | 21·5 | 1·3 | 18·8 | 1·2 | 19·3 | 1·2 |
| Ca | 3·0 | 0·5 | 8·4 | 1·4 | 25·5 | 1·4 | 23·0 | 1·2 | 23·0 | 1·2 |
| Vitamin D | 1·0 | 0·4 | 3·7 | 1·0 | 23·5 | 1·6 | 20·8 | 1·6 | 21·2 | 1·5 |
| Vitamin E | 2·8 | 0·9 | 8·2 | 1·4 | 24·1 | 1·0 | 24·8 | 1·2 | 24·4 | 1·3 |
| Fe | 4·9 | 0·9 | 12·6 | 2·0 | 19·6 | 0·9 | 18·4 | 1·0 | 18·4 | 0·9 |
| Zn | 3·6 | 0·8 | 9·4 | 1·5 | 20·5 | 0·9 | 18·6 | 0·9 | 18·6 | 0·9 |
| Na | 3·4 | 0·7 | 9·2 | 1·6 | 19·2 | 0·9 | 17·9 | 1·1 | 17·4 | 1·0 |
| K | 3·7 | 0·6 | 10·1 | 1·8 | 23·8 | 1·1 | 22·9 | 0·9 | 22·9 | 1·1 |
*
‘Snacks’ represents consumption of one or more snacks consumed during the morning, afternoon or evening snack periods.