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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2016 Jun 21;105:509–518. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.06.022

Table 1.

Amounts of items and composition of meals served to 125 preschool children


 Lower-energy-dense milk (100%)1
 Higher-energy-dense milk (142%)2

100% Milk portion size (6 fl. oz.)
 150% Milk portion size (9 fl. oz.)
 100% Milk portion size (6 fl. oz.)
 150% Milk portion size (9 fl. oz.)
g kcal g kcal g kcal g kcal
Milk3 183 77 275 115 183 112 275 167
Food 430 542 430 542 430 542 430 542
    Macaroni and cheese (1.49 kcal/g)4 150 202 150 202 150 202 150 202
    Chicken nuggets (1.68 kcal/g)5 120 223 120 223 120 223 120 223
    Broccoli (0.57 kcal/g)6 80 46 80 46 80 46 80 46
    Bananas (0.89 kcal/g)7 80 71 80 71 80 71 80 71
Total meal 613 619 705 657 613 653 705 709
    Carbohydrates 64.8 259 69.5 278 64.6 258 69.0 276
    Protein 39.0 156 42.1 168 38.7 155 41.5 166
    Fat 22.7 204 23.5 211 26.7 240 29.7 267
1

1% fat; 0.42 kcal/g

2

3.25% fat; 0.61 kcal/g

3

Giant Food Stores Milk, Foodhold U.S.A LLC, Landover, MD, USA.

4

Stouffer's Macaroni and Cheese, Nestle U.S.A. Inc., Solon OH, USA.

5

Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets, Bell & Evans, Fredericksburg, PA, USA.

6

Petite Broccoli Florets, Hanover Foods Corporation, Hanover, PA, USA; Unsalted Whipped Butter, Land O'Lakes Inc., Arden Hills, MN, USA; Molly McButter Butter Flavor Sprinkles, B&G Foods Inc., Parsippany, NJ, USA.

7

Chiquita Brands LLC, Charlotte, NC, USA.