Table III.
Nutrient intakes by television viewing at age 3 years. Data from 1 203 Mother-Child pairs participating in Project Viva.
| Television/Video viewing at age 3 years (hrs/day) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrients | 0−½ hr/day (N = 252) |
>½–<2 hrs/day (N = 295) |
2 hrs/day (N = 537) |
> 2 hrs/day (N = 119) |
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| Mean (standard deviation) | P for trend | ||||
| Total energy intake (kcal/day) | 1574 (447) | 1658 (495) | 1695 (498) | 1720 (537) | 0.001 |
| Total energy intake (kJ/kg body weight) | 442 (133) | 465 (154) | 462 (157) | 455 (154) | 0.285 |
| % energy intake from total fat | 29.0 (5.1) | 30.1 (4.9) | 30.2 (4.9) | 31.1 (5.2) | 0.0001 |
| % energy intake from trans fat | 1.04 (0.33) | 1.13 (0.32) | 1.18 (0.34) | 1.26 (0.40) | <0.0001 |
| % energy intake from saturated fat | 12.2 (2.8) | 12.8 (3.0) | 12.7 (2.8) | 12.7 (2.9) | 0.07 |
| % energy intake from polyunsaturated fat | 6.16 (1.52) | 6.15 (1.45) | 6.27 (1.34) | 6.72 (1.41) | 0.002 |
| % energy intake from carbohydrates | 56.7 (6.2) | 55.8 (5.8) | 55.9 (6.1) | 54.9 (6.4) | 0.02 |
| % energy intake from protein | 16.3 (2.2) | 16.0 (2.1) | 15.8 (2.3) | 15.7 (2.3) | 0.001 |
| Dietary fiber (g/day) | 14.9 (3.9) | 14.0 (3.4) | 13.6 (3.4) | 13.0 (4.0) | <0.0001 |
| Calcium (mg/day) | 1015 (282) | 989 (273) | 963 (260) | 869 (277) | <0.0001 |