TABLE 1.

Usual energy intakes at the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles among U.S. children and adolescents: NHANES 2003–2004 to 2009–2010¹

	10th Percentile			50th Percentile (median)			90th Percentile
	2003–2004	2007–2008	2009–2010	2003–2004	2007–2008	2009–2010	2003–2004	2007–2008	2009–2010
	kcal/d			kcal/d			kcal/d
Age group
2–5 y
Boys	1481 ± 20	1373 ± 15	1360 ± 12	1863 ± 14	1654 ± 10	1643 ± 13	2235 ± 21	1967 ± 24	1990 ± 17
Girls	1251 ± 17	1120 ± 14	1134 ± 16	1533 ± 16	1375 ± 9	1401 ± 11	1811 ± 16	1671 ± 18	1686 ± 16
6–11 y
Boys	1796 ± 22	1657 ± 23	1655 ± 21	2241 ± 13	2008 ± 12	2011 ± 12	2720 ± 27	2429 ± 22	2422 ± 26
Girls	1566 ± 21	1404 ± 21	1429 ± 19	1911 ± 13	1729 ± 14	1769 ± 13	2297 ± 27	2133 ± 23	2118 ± 17
12–18 y
Boys	1815 ± 27	1631 ± 24	1704 ± 23	2357 ± 16	2117 ± 22	2177 ± 19	2995 ± 15	2655 ± 17	2747 ± 26
Girls	1585 ± 19	1378 ± 21	1478 ± 20	2027 ± 13	1838 ± 16	1935 ± 16	2571 ± 20	2360 ± 24	2443 ± 29
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	1658 ± 17	1527 ± 16	1542 ± 17	2054 ± 14	1895 ± 10	1922 ± 12	2481 ± 16	2340 ± 18	2355 ± 18
Non-Hispanic black	1590 ± 16	1458 ± 15	1473 ± 19	2007 ± 16	1848 ± 12	1875 ± 12	2473 ± 19	2332 ± 22	2347 ± 20
Mexican American	1598 ± 19	1467 ± 18	1482 ± 18	2007 ± 14	1848 ± 12	1875 ± 13	2444 ± 17	2304 ± 18	2318 ± 17
Other Hispanic	1600 ± 26	1468 ± 25	1483 ± 22	2027 ± 17	1869 ± 15	1895 ± 14	2464 ± 21	2324 ± 24	2339 ± 20
Other/mixed race	1608 ± 26	1477 ± 28	1491 ± 29	1999 ± 22	1841 ± 18	1867 ± 18	2441 ± 28	2300 ± 25	2315 ± 21

¹Values are predicted estimates ± SEs of usual energy intake at each percentile from quantile regression models shown in detail in Supplemental Table 3.