Table 2.
Frequency of total and food group eating occasions on weekdays (n 415) and weekend days (n 392) of children aged 18 months in the Melbourne Infant Feeding Activity and Nutrition Trial (InFANT) Program, 2008–2010
| Eating occasions | Weekday | Weekend day | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | % consumers | Mean | sd | % consumers | |
| Total | 7·8 | 1·8 | 100·0 | 7·7 | 1·8 | 100·0 |
| Vegetable | 1·5 | 0·8 | 92·2 | 1·4 | 0·8 | 87·9 |
| Fruit | 2·2 | 1·1 | 95·2 | 2·2 | 1·2 | 91·6 |
| Discretionary | 2·5 | 1·5 | 94·1 | 2·6 | 1·4 | 95·0 |
No statistically significant differences were found between weekday and weekend day frequencies.