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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 3.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2013 Sep 14;0:10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.09.004. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.09.004

Table 2.

Characteristics of eating occasions by type of beverage reported.

Total Included a
high-calorie
beverage1 		Included a
low-calorie
beverage2 		No reported
beverage
n (%)
Number of eating occasions 2188 594 (27.1) 217 (9.9) 1377 (62.9)
Consumed as meal 1366 359 (26.3) 128 (9.4) 879 (64.3)
Consumed as snack 639 103 (16.1) 38 (5.9) 498 (77.9)
Consumed as beverage only 183 132 (72.1) 51 (27.9) 0 (0.0)
M (SD)
Eating occasions per day 4.0 (1.1) 1.1 (1.0) 0.4 (0.7) 2.5 (1.3)
Total energy (kcal) 408.1 (317.4) 501.6 (354.9) 299.4 (266.0) 384.8 (297.6)
Energy from food (kcal) 361.7 (306.3) 335.4 (331.7) 286.5 (268.9) 384.8 (297.6)
Energy from beverages (kcal) 46.4 (104.0) 166.2 (141.3) 12.9 (18.6) 0.0 (0.0)
1

High-calorie beverages had energy densities >0.165 kcal/g.

2

Low-calorie beverages had energy densities ≤0.165 kcal/g.