Table 5.
Types of foods consumed by young adults across various times of day.
| Time of eating occasion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:01pm – 12:00am |
12:01am – 5:am |
5:01am – 11:00am |
11:01am – 7:00pm† (reference category) |
||
| Eating occasions logged on PDA‡ | 100% (n= 297) |
100% (n=47) |
100% (n=250) |
100% (n= 623) |
|
| BEVERAGES (Non-alcoholic) | |||||
| Calorically sweetened | 17% | 21% | 6%** | 17% | |
| Water | 16% | 32% | 14% | 18% | |
| Coffee or tea drinks | 8% | 13% | 16%** | 6% | |
| Milk | 8%* | 6%* | 34%** | 20% | |
| FOODS | |||||
| Cookies and sweetened baked goods | 26% | 19% | 52%** | 28% | |
| Candy and gummy fruit snacks | 7% | 6% | 1% | 4% | |
| Salty snacks | 20%* | 13% | 2%** | 14% | |
| Fruits and vegetables | 23%** | 11%** | 30% | 36% | |
| Fresh fruits/vegetables | 15%** | 6%** | 17%** | 29% | |
| Other | 10% | 4% | 17% | 15% | |
| Frozen desserts | 3% | 4% | <1%* | 3% | |
| Non-milk dairy products (non-frozen) | 10% | 4% | 10% | 12% | |
| Entrees | 39%** | 30%** | 18%** | 57% | |
| Cereals and grains | 18% | 19% | 52%** | 24% | |
| Fried side dishes | 6% | 4% | 2%* | 6% | |
*
Indicates p≤0.05,
**
Indicates p<.01 for differences in food types within subcategory of time of eating occasion, controlling for multiple observations among individual participants.
†
For time of eating occasion, statistically significant differences are compared to “11:01am – 7:00pm,” which was the reference group in analyses.
‡
For a limited number of eating occasions (n=20, 1.6%), time was not recorded.