TABLE 2.

Estimated number of snacking events and energy from snacks per capita and per consumer by age group: Mexico, 2012¹

		Age group (y)
	All ages	2–5	6–11	12–18	19–39	40–59	≥60
Sample size, n	9937	2071	2418	1932	1508	983	1025
Per capita
Snack frequency, number/d	1.6 ± 0.03	2.0 ± 0.06	1.5 ± 0.04	1.6 ± 0.05	1.6 ± 0.05	1.4 ± 0.06	1.3 ± 0.06
Snack energy, kcal	130 ± 3.9	136 ± 5.9	167 ± 8.5	161 ± 8.6	136 ± 8.9	102 ± 9.6	82 ± 6.9
Energy from snacks, kcal/d	250 ± 7.3	301 ± 11.4	316 ± 14.5	319 ± 19.4	251 ± 15.9	191 ± 17.1	142 ± 12.1
Energy from snacks, % of total energy intake	12.2 ± 0.29	19.5 ± 0.70	14.6 ± 0.49	13.8 ± 0.73	10.5 ± 0.61	8.6 ± 0.72	7.9 ± 0.69
Snack consumers, %	72.7 ± 0.84	79.4 ± 1.35	75.6 ± 1.37	73.2 ± 1.47	74.5 ± 1.66	66.5 ± 2.18	69.7 ± 2.23
Per consumer
Snack frequency, number/d	2.1 ± 0.03	2.5 ± 0.05	2.0 ± 0.04	2.1 ± 0.05	2.1 ± 0.05	2.1 ± 0.07	1.9 ± 0.06
Snack energy, kcal	178 ± 5.0	172 ± 7.0	221 ± 10.1	220 ± 11.2	183 ± 11.2	154 ± 13.7	121 ± 9.6
Energy from snacks, kcal/d	343 ± 9.1	378 ± 12.8	415 ± 16.9	435 ± 24.7	336 ± 20.0	287 ± 23.8	207 ± 16.2
Energy from snacks, % of total energy intake	16.7 ± 0.34	24.5 ± 0.76	19.2 ± 0.53	18.8 ± 0.89	14.1 ± 0.75	12.9 ± 0.94	11.6 ± 0.94

¹Values are means ± SEs for the number of snacks per day (snack frequency), the energy value of each snack (snack energy), and the energy contribution of snacks (energy from snacks) expressed in kilocalories and as a percentage of total energy intake for the total population (per capita) and for those consuming at least 1 snack on a given day (per consumer). Data are from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2012.