Table 2.
Dietary sources, mean intake and percentage contribution to vitamin D intake in Mexican children aged 1–11 years, Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 (ENSANUT-2012)
| Pre-school children (1–4 years)† | School-age children (5–11 years)‡ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intake (IU/d)§ | Intake (IU/d)§ | |||||
| Food group | Mean | se | % contribution║ | Mean | se | % contribution║ |
| Milk | 110·9 | 3·1 | 64·4 | 80·9 | 2·5 | 54·7 |
| Dairy, cheese, yoghurt | 19·4 | 1·0 | 13·4 | 15·9 | 1·1 | 10·4 |
| Milk-based beverages (atoles) | 8·0 | 0·7 | 6·6 | 17·3 | 1·7 | 14·0 |
| Milk-based desserts: flan, Jell-O, pie, ice cream, cake | 7·1 | 0·4 | 6·0 | 6·6 | 0·4 | 6·0 |
| Chicken, meat and eggs | 17·5 | 0·6 | 19·4 | 20·1 | 0·6 | 22·0 |
| Fish, tuna and sardine | 9·7 | 0·8 | 8·8 | 14·7 | 1·1 | 14·3 |
| Ready-to eat cereals, corn, rice, doughnuts, cookies, sweets, cupcakes | 12·8 | 1·0 | 8·1 | 17·3 | 0·9 | 12·3 |
| Mexican antojitos, sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs | 2·5 | 0·1 | 2·1 | 4·8 | 0·2 | 5·1 |
| Cream, mayonnaise, margarine, butter, lard | 2·3 | 0·2 | 2·0 | 2·7 | 0·1 | 2·6 |
| Other (fried beans, vegetables) | 0·8 | 0·2 | 1·0 | 0·8 | 0·9 | 1·2 |
†
n 1235; n expanded 8 744 340.
‡
n 1370; n expanded 15 838 145.
§
To convert to µg/d, divide IU/d value by 40.
║
Percentage contributions not necessarily add to 100 %, given that they refer to groups’ averages.