Table 5.
Distribution of milk and alternatives, Ca and vitamin D intakes according to BMI category: schoolchildren in grades 6 to 12, First Nations communities, northern and southern Ontario, Canada
| Normal weight* | Overweight | Obese | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intake | Intake | Intake | |||||||||||
| Food group or nutrient | n | Mean | sd | Median | n | Mean | sd | Median | n | Mean | sd | Median | P value† |
| Milk & alternatives (servings/d) | 163 | 1·9 | 1·8 | 1·5 | 107 | 1·7 | 1·7 | 1·5 | 66 | 1·6 | 1·6 | 1·4 | 0·702 |
| Ca (mg/d) | 816·7 | 644·9 | 665·6 | 698·4 | 549·7 | 608·8 | 675·8 | 510·6 | 577·3 | 0·206 | |||
| Vitamin D (μg/d) | 3·5 | 3·9 | 2·7 | 3·2 | 3·3 | 2·5 | 2·6 | 2·8 | 1·8 | 0·118 | |||
*Overweight and obesity as defined by the International Obesity Taskforce cut-offs( 14 ). Overweight youth have a BMI equivalent to adults with BMI ≥ 25·0 kg/m2; obese youth have a BMI equivalent to adults with BMI ≥ 30·0 kg/m2.
†P value for the ANOVA based on energy-adjusted intakes (per 4184 kJ); however, values in table are unadjusted.