TABLE 4.
Food and beverage groups most frequently consumed as snacks and the mean energy value of these snacks for the total population and for those consuming snacks on a given day, by age group: Mexico, 20121
| Energy from snack occasions |
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| Food and beverage category2 | Snack consumers | Per capita | Per consumer |
| % | kcal/d | ||
| All ages (n = 10,886) | |||
| Fruit (n = 2353) | 20.4 ± 0.68 | 28 ± 1.4 | 128 ± 5.0 |
| Salty snacks (n = 1615) | 11.5 ± 0.5 | 36 ± 2.3 | 292 ± 14.2 |
| Sweet snacks (n = 1336) | 10.4 ± 0.55 | 9 ± 1.1 | 91 ± 9.4 |
| Soda (n = 787) | 8.5 ± 0.61 | 12 ± 1.0 | 133 ± 7.0 |
| Fluid milk (n = 1177) | 6.5 ± 0.37 | 15 ± 1.0 | 224 ± 10.8 |
| 2–5 y (n = 2071) | |||
| Fruit (n = 618) | 30.1 ± 1.55 | 40 ± 3.6 | 126 ± 10.5 |
| Fluid milk (n = 464) | 21.3 ± 1.27 | 53 ± 5.1 | 233 ± 15.6 |
| Sweet snacks (n = 375) | 19.3 ± 1.39 | 12 ± 1.1 | 62 ± 4.8 |
| Salty snacks (n = 371) | 15.9 ± 1.28 | 35 ± 3.2 | 195 ± 11.2 |
| Grain-based desserts3 (n = 221) | 9.5 ± 0.9 | 27 ± 3.4 | 257 ± 22.4 |
| 6–11 y (n = 2418) | |||
| Salty snacks (n = 528) | 22.4 ± 1.24 | 84 ± 9.1 | 340 ± 28.5 |
| Fruit (n = 546) | 22.3 ± 1.24 | 38 ± 4.7 | 165 ± 17.6 |
| Sweet snacks (n = 407) | 16.0 ± 1.16 | 10 ± 1.0 | 63 ± 4.8 |
| Grain-based desserts3 (n = 191) | 6.9 ± 0.67 | 28 ± 4.3 | 403 ± 51.0 |
| Soda (n = 163) | 6.8 ± 0.77 | 6 ± 1.0 | 84 ± 10.4 |
| 12–18 y (n = 1932) | |||
| Salty snacks (n = 403) | 20.4 ± 1.49 | 78 ± 10.5 | 367 ± 38.5 |
| Fruit (n = 298) | 15.0 ± 1.19 | 23 ± 3.1 | 152 ± 17.8 |
| Sweet snacks (n = 269) | 14.2 ± 1.28 | 17 ± 3.7 | 119 ± 22.2 |
| Soda (n = 187) | 11.4 ± 1.35 | 16 ± 2.6 | 143 ± 13.8 |
| Grain-based desserts3 (n = 129) | 5.9 ± 0.77 | 28 ± 4.8 | 480 ± 68.7 |
| 19–39 y (n = 1508) | |||
| Fruit (n = 268) | 19.0 ± 1.58 | 24 ± 2.8 | 124 ± 11.4 |
| Sweet snacks (n = 126) | 9.9 ± 1.36 | 10 ± 3.0 | 106 ± 26.4 |
| Soda (n = 142) | 9.5 ± 1.13 | 17 ± 2.6 | 164 ± 15.1 |
| Salty snacks (n = 149) | 9.3 ± 1.16 | 24 ± 3.1 | 243 ± 16.4 |
| Coffee and tea (n = 104) | 7.4 ± 1.06 | 10 ± 3.7 | 132 ± 42.1 |
| 40–59 y (n = 983) | |||
| Fruit (n = 187) | 18.8 ± 1.65 | 23 ± 3.3 | 111 ± 8.5 |
| Soda (n = 77) | 9.5 ± 1.80 | 13 ± 2.7 | 139 ± 15.0 |
| Coffee and tea (n = 84) | 6.5 ± 0.88 | 4 ± 0.6 | 57 ± 7.0 |
| Sweet snacks (n = 50) | 6.1 ± 1.17 | 6 ± 2.1 | 103 ± 29.8 |
| Salty snacks (n = 48) | 4.9 ± 0.98 | 14 ± 3.1 | 258 ± 38.7 |
| ≥60 y (n = 1025) | |||
| Fruit (n = 212) | 22.7 ± 2.20 | 29 ± 4.0 | 113 ± 11.4 |
| Coffee and tea (n = 67) | 10.2 ± 1.74 | 6 ± 1.2 | 54 ± 8.4 |
| Soda (n = 53) | 5.8 ± 1.52 | 6 ± 1.3 | 97 ± 13.0 |
| Quick breads (n = 33) | 5.4 ± 1.25 | 15 ± 3.6 | 274 ± 11.8 |
| Milk-based beverages (n = 34) | 4.2 ± 1.07 | 6 ± 1.9 | 152 ± 26.1 |
Values are means ± SEs and represent the percentage of persons consuming the food or beverage group and the mean energy value of these snacks for the total population (per capita) and for those consuming at least 1 of the specified groups as a snack on a given day (per consumer). Data are from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2012.
Water was the most frequently reported food and beverage group by all ages at all snack occasions. Results for water can be found in Supplemental Table 2.
Includes cakes, cookies, pies, pastries, and other grain-based desserts.