Table 5.
Nutritional intake over 24 hrs among children who consumed breakfast at home, at school, or at both home and school, following the introduction of the breakfast programme
| Nutrient intake over 24 hrs | Breakfast at home | Breakfast at school | Breakfast at school and home | F values d.f. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 211) | (n = 35) | (n = 33) | (2,276) | ||||
| Mean | se | Mean | se | Mean | se | ||
| Energy (Mj) | 7.57 | 0.20 | 7.63 | 0.50 | 8.80 | 0.60 | |
| Protein (g) | 59.4 | 1.7 | 62.1 | 4.7 | 68.3 | 5.5 | |
| Fat (g) | 68.7 | 2.3 | 64.5 | 5.9 | 75.8 | 6.3 | |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 253.6a | 6.5 | 259.5 | 15.6 | 308.8a | 19.2 | 4.68, p < 0.01 |
| Fibre (g) | 14.5 | 0.53 | 15.8 | 1.44 | 18.2 | 1.52 | 3.22, p < 0.04 |
| Calcium (mg) | 885.5 | 39.1 | 779.8 | 57.4 | 926.6 | 98.1 | |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 1110.8 | 32.0 | 1110.8 | 75.9 | 1233.8 | 107.0 | |
| Magnesium (mg) | 212.0 | 6.1 | 214.8 | 15.1 | 245.5 | 20.8 | |
| Sodium (mg) | 2395.1 | 72.0 | 2428.9 | 198.2 | 2794.8 | 255.0 | |
| Potassium (mg) | 2280.7 | 66.7 | 2550.3 | 235.3 | 2735.6 | 228.8 | 31.3, p < 0.05 |
| Chloride (mg) | 3565.3 | 119.4 | 3495.2 | 283.6 | 4174.7 | 359.7 | |
| Iron (mg) | 9.2 | 0.34 | 8.8 | 0.59 | 9.2 | 0.29 | |
| Zinc (mg) | 6.7 | 0.23 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 0.63 | |
| Copper (mg) | 0.96 | 0.06 | 1.11 | 0.20 | 1.00 | 0.09 | |
| Selenium (μg) | 32.9 | 1.68 | 39.9 | 5.8 | 34.6 | 4.4 | |
| Iodine (μg) | 142.4 | 6.1 | 129.7 | 12.4 | 151.9 | 20.2 | |
| Vitamin B1 (mg) | 1.51a | 0.05 | 1.36b | 0.11 | 1.94a,b | 0.19 | 5.09, p < 0.01 |
| Vitamin B2 (mg) | 1.54 | 0.06 | 1.39 | 0.11 | 1.65 | 0.19 | |
| Niacin (mg) | 26.5 | 0.79 | 28.9 | 2.57 | 30.1 | 2.49 | |
| Vitamin B6 (mg) | 2.02 | 0.69 | 1.96 | 0.17 | 2.49 | 0.22 | 3.15, p < 0.04 |
| Vitamin B12 (μg) | 3.36 | 0.16 | 3.51 | 0.51 | 3.13 | 0.42 | |
| Folate (μg) | 204.3a | 6.8 | 213.9 | 19.8 | 262.2a | 26.6 | 4.04, p < 0.02 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 112.8a | 5.5 | 125.0 | 17.6 | 153.6a | 119.6 | 3.23, p < 0.04 |
| Vitamin A (μg) | 586.6 | 41.2 | 586.4 | 91.5 | 824.4 | 119.3 | |
| Vitamin D (μg) | 2.21 | 0.14 | 1.96 | 0.37 | 2.37 | 0.39 | |
| Vitamin E (mg) | 6.29 | 0.15 | 6.06 | 0.74 | 6.74 | 0.74 | |
Note. The data are means and standard errors. Where there were significant differences the F values are listed in the right-hand column. Lower case letters indicate pairs of means that differed significantly from each other at least at the p < 0.02 level, as indicated by Scheffe’s test