Table 5.
Food group intake at 18 months by BMI trajectory group and sex.
| Boys BMI trajectory group | Girls BMI trajectory group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal( n = 98) | Early and persistent( n = 16) | Late BMI increase( n = 41) | Normal( n = 92) | Early and persistent( n = 18) | Late BMI increase( n = 33) | |||||
| Food group | Units | Median | Median | Median | P-value 1 | Median | Median | Median | P-value 1 | |
| Core Foods | ||||||||||
| Dairy foods 2 | g | 554.3 | 433.1 | 527.2 | 0.24 | 473.1 | 576.5 | 480.9 | 0.45 | |
| % of total energy | 38.1 | 33.4 | 35.9 | 0.56 | 37.0 | 40.6 | 32.7 | 0.28 | ||
| Milk 3 | g | 478.8 | 401.1 | 407.0 | 0.46 | 398.7 | 510.0 | 380.8 | 0.74 | |
| % of total energy | 29.4 | 24.8 | 23.5 | 0.53 | 28.0 | 26.7 | 25.3 | 0.85 | ||
| Fruit | g | 57.3 | 78.0 | 79.7 | 0.20 | 60.7 | 61.3 | 57.7 | 0.75 | |
| % of total energy | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0.52 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 0.73 | ||
| Vegetables | g | 43.2 | 57.3 | 36.3 | 0.49 | 35.3 | 43.3 | 43.0 | 0.48 | |
| % of total energy | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.64 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 0.97 | ||
| Cereals 4 | g | 60.7 | 52.1 | 63.4 | 0.79 | 54.2 | 59.9 | 58.3 | 0.87 | |
| % of total energy | 13.3 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 0.94 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 0.86 | ||
| Meats | g | 18.6 | 38.8 | 24.1 | 0.01 | 26.4 | 25.4 | 35.0 | 0.57 | |
| % of total energy | 4.4 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 0.01 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 0.38 | ||
| Extra Foods | ||||||||||
| Total extra foods 5 | g | 118.3 | 131.3 | 124.3 | 0.81 | 113.7 | 112.4 | 82.5 | 0.60 | |
| % of total energy | 24.0 | 26.2 | 24.5 | 1.00 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 0.99 | ||
| Non-milk beverages 6 | g | 128.3 | 148.3 | 150.9 | 0.54 | 133.3 | 139.2 | 100.0 | 0.50 | |
| % of total energy | 6.2 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 0.70 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 0.27 | ||
| Sweetened drinks 7 | g | 15.0 | 31.7 | 17.8 | 0.93 | 21.7 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.23 | |
| % of total energy | 2.1 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 0.41 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.26 | ||
| Fried potatoes | g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.73 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.67 | |
| % of total energy | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.76 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.73 | ||
| Salty snacks 8 | g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.98 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.76 | |
| % of total energy | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.98 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.79 | ||
| Confectionery | g | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.41 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 0.99 | |
| % of total energy | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.47 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.99 | ||
| Cereal based foods 9 | g | 18.0 | 11.0 | 26.7 | 0.15 | 22.5 | 28.5 | 18.5 | 0.56 | |
| % of total energy | 7.1 | 4.6 | 8.6 | 0.19 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 0.59 | ||
1 Estimates were made using a Kruskal-Wallis test; 2 Milk and milk products including milk, yoghurt, cheese, ice-cream, custard; 3 Milk including skim, whole and evaporated milk; 4 Includes bread, breakfast cereal, pasta, rice, etc.; 5 Includes cereal-based products (such as cookies, etc. see footnote 9), non-milk beverages (except for fruit juice), fats and oils, snack foods, sugar, confectionery (chocolate, jellies, energy bars), savory sauces and condiments, miscellaneous foods, fried potatoes, and ice-cream; 6 Juice, cordial, fruit drinks and soft drinks; 7 Cordial, fruit drinks, and soft drinks; 8 Potato crisps, cheese snacks, corn chips; 9 Cookies, crackers, doughnuts, cakes, pies, buns, muffins, pizza, etc.