TABLE 1.
Foods and beverages served to 21 children during breakfast and lunch1
| Energy density | Amount served | Volume | Energy content | |
| kcal/g | g | cups | kcal | |
| Breakfast | ||||
| Choice of 3 cereals2 | ||||
| Cereal A | 3.9 | 33 | 0.75 | 130 |
| Cereal B | 4.2 | 31 | 0.75 | 130 |
| Cereal C | 4.1 | 32 | 0.75 | 130 |
| Milk, 1% fat3 | 0.4 | 192 | 0.75 | 85 |
| Banana | 0.9 | 60 | 0.40 | 53 |
| Orange juice4 | 0.4 | 187 | 0.75 | 82 |
| Total energy | — | — | — | 350 |
| Lunch | ||||
| Rotini with tomato sauce5 | 1.3 | 700 | 3.5 | 903 |
| Broccoli6 | 0.3 | 140 | 1 | 41 |
| Applesauce (unsweetened)7 | 0.4 | 240 | 1 | 98 |
| Chocolate chip cookies (3)8 | 4.8 | 30 | — | 144 |
| Milk, 1% fat3 | 0.4 | 244 | 1 | 108 |
| Total energy | — | — | — | 1294 |
1
Children were required to eat the breakfast in full; lunch was consumed ad libitum.
2
General Mills Cereals, Minneapolis, MN.
3
WAWA, Wawa, PA.
4
Tropicana Products, Chicago, IL.
5
New World Pasta, Harrisburg, PA, and Campbell Soup Company, Camden, NJ.
6
Hanover Foods Corporation, Hanover, PA.
7
Mott's, Rye Brook, NY.
8
Kraft Foods, East Hanover, NJ.