Table 3.
Dietary intake by toddlers at different eating moments.
| Dietary Intake | Dietary Intake Mean (SD) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast at Home (N = 1006) |
Morning Snack at Childcare (N = 1010) |
Lunch at Childcare (N = 1014) |
Afternoon Snack at Childcare (N = 1002) |
Dinner at Home (N = 1013) |
Evening Snack at Home (N = 638) |
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| Mean (SD) | % of total intake | Mean (SD) | % of Total Intake | Mean (SD) | % of Total Intake | Mean (SD) | % of Total Intake | Mean (SD) | % of Total Intake | Mean (SD) | % of Total Intake | |
| Energy (kcal) | 237.7 (87.1) | 18.1 | 126.1 (51.8) | 9.6 | 378.5 (122.9) | 28.8 | 147.6 (67.9) | 11.2 | 358.8 (120.0) | 27.2 | 66.8 (63.5) | 5.1 |
| Carbohydrates (en%) | 54.9 (10.6) | 14.5 | 85.4 (10.8) | 22.6 | 49.6 (7.7) | 13.2 | 81.2 (12.8) | 21.5 | 43.0 (11.6) | 11.4 | 63.6 (23.1) | 16.8 |
| Proteins (en%) | 15.0 (4.6) | 19.6 | 5.2 (3.5) | 6.8 | 16.2 (3.9) | 21.3 | 6.4 (4.6) | 8.4 | 19.1 (5.4) | 25.1 | 14.3 (12.4) | 18.8 |
| Fat | ||||||||||||
| Total (en%) | 30.0 (10.0) | 20.5 | 9.5 (8.5) | 6.5 | 34.5 (7.1) | 23.5 | 12.5 (10.2) | 8.5 | 37.9 (11.1) | 25.9 | 22.1 (16.1) | 15.1 |
| Saturated (en%) | 11.5 (4.2) | 20.8 | 3.1 (4.6) | 5.6 | 12.9 (3.1) | 23.3 | 5.0 (5.4) | 9.1 | 12.1 (3.6) | 21.9 | 10.7 (8.9) | 19.3 |
| Unsaturated (en%) | 15.7 (7.8) | 20.8 | 4.1 (4.5) | 5.4 | 18.3 (5.2) | 24.2 | 5.5 (6.2) | 7.3 | 22.7 (9.0) | 30.0 | 9.3 (11.1) | 12.3 |
| Dietary fibre (g) | 2.6 (1.2) | 20.5 | 1.5 (0.9) | 11.8 | 3.9 (1.4) | 30.7 | 1.2 (0.9) | 9.5 | 3.0 (1.3) | 23.6 | 0.5 (0.9) | 3.9 |
| Fruit (g) | 7.5 (22.6) | 5.9 | 70.5 (51.7) | 55.9 | 1.2 (8.6) | 1.0 | 30.7 (45.0) | 24.3 | 12.8 (27.6) | 10.2 | 3.4 (14.2) | 2.7 |
| Vegetables (g) | 0.3 (3.0) | 0.5 | 0.1 (1.0) | 0.2 | 5.1 (15.8) | 7.8 | 2.8 (10.2) | 4.3 | 56.4 (32.5) | 87.0 | 0.1 (2.0) | 0.2 |
| Sweet snacks a (g) | 1.2 (4.3) | 8.7 | 3.6 (6.4) | 26.1 | 0.2 (1.3) | 1.4 | 7.3 (8.2) | 52.9 | 0.8 (4.1) | 5.8 | 0.7 (3.0) | 5.1 |
| Savoury snacks b (g) | 0.0 (0.5) | 0.0 | 0.0 (0.5) | 0.0 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 | 0.3 (1.6) | 42.9 | 0.4 (3.7) | 57.1 | 0.0 (0.4) | 0.0 |
Notes: en% = energy percent, g = grams, mL = millilitres; a Including sweets, chocolate, cookies and pastry; b Including salty snacks and fried snacks.