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. 2013 May 23;57:10.3402/fnr.v57i0.21083. doi: 10.3402/fnr.v57i0.21083

Table 1.

Protein intake among children in the Nordic countries (percent of total energy, mean values given for boys/girls, or total)

12 months 2 years 4 years 6 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years 13 years
Denmark12 11.6/12.4 13.4/-
Finland34 15/16 16/17 15/15 16/15 16.1/16.1
Iceland56 15.6/14.8 15.7/15.0
Norway710 13.1/13.0 14.6/14.9 14.2/14.1 14.5/14.0 14.8/14.2
Sweden1112 12.7/12.9 14.4/14.4 15.4/15.4 15.9/15.4
1

Children aged 2.5 years (13).

2

Boys aged 8 years (14).

3

Children aged 1–6 years were born in 2003 (12 months), 2001–2002 (2 years), 1999–2000 (4 years) (15).

4

Children aged 10 years (16).

5

Children aged 1 year (17).

6

Children aged 6 years (national data) (18).

7

Children aged 1 year, breastfed infants not included (national data) (19).

8

Children aged 2 years (national data) (20).

9

Children aged 4 years (national data) (21).

10

Children aged 9 and 13 years (national data) (22).

11

Children aged 1 year (4).

12

Children aged 4, 7, and 11 years (national data) (23).