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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 25.
Published before final editing as: Child Health Care. 2024 Apr 27:10.1080/02739615.2024.2345318. doi: 10.1080/02739615.2024.2345318

Table 2.

Means and standard deviations for energy and food intake

Full day (n=307) Hour before
drop-off (T1)
(n=24)
Hour after
drop-off (T2)
(n=158)
Non-
transition
time at
childcare
(T3) (n=306)
Hour before
pickup (T4)
(n=93)
Hour after
pickup (T5)
(n=186)
Non-
transition
time at home
(T6) (n=295)
Total energy intake (kcal) 1471.6 (418.5) 193.0 (112.9) 183.5 (108.1) 502.2 (217.1) 170.5 (138.9) 290.2 (209.0) 659.8 (326.6)
Added sugar (grams) 57.9 (35.6) 11.1 (12.3) 7.7 (9.1) 15.8 (19.0) 9.1 (16.7) 12.7 (14.5) 27.9 (24.6)
Sweet and salty snack foods (servings) 1.8 (1.5) 0.1 (0.3) 0.1 (0.4) 0.5 (0.8) 0.5 (0.8) 0.5 (0.9) 0.8 (1.0)
Sugar-sweetened beverages (servings) 0.6 (0.8) 0.1 (0.2) 0.0 (0.1) 0.1 (0.3) 0.1 (0.2) 0.2 (0.4) 0.4 (0.7)
Dairy (servings) 2.2 (1.2) 0.3 (0.3) 0.4 (0.3) 1.1 (0.7) 0.2 (0.3) 0.3 (0.4) 0.7 (0.7)
Fruit (servings) 1.4 (1.2) 0.2 (0.3) 0.2 (0.3) 0.6 (0.5) 0.1 (0.3) 0.2 (0.5) 0.6 (0.9)
Vegetables (servings) 1.2 (0.9) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.1) 0.5 (0.5) 0.1 (0.2) 0.2 (0.5) 0.6 (0.8)
Whole grains (servings) 0.7 (1.0) 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.2) 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.2) 0.1 (0.5) 0.4 (0.8)

Note. Values reflect absolute intakes of energy and foods.

n reflects the number of children that ate during each time period.