Table 1.

Mean per capita total daily energy intake, percentage of consumers and mean per capita daily energy intake from at-home and away-from-home eating locations among nationally representative Mexican children aged 2–13 years, 2012 Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (ENSANUT; Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey)

		Mean per capita daily energy (kcal/d)†
		Total		At home			Away from home
	n ‡	Mean	se	% of consumers	Mean	se	% of consumers	Mean	se
Age
2–5 years (ref.)	1905	1494	23	99	1333	24	37	161	10
6–13 years	2868	1907	24	99	1549	23	56	359	15
Sex
Male (ref.)	2415	1854	28	99	1565	28	48	289	18
Female	2358	1712	23	99	1403	23	52	310	14
Region
South (ref.)	1735	1756	28	100	1506	26	41	251	16
Central	1734	1726	28	99	1399	28	53	327	18
North	1077	1867	40	99	1571	39	52	295	19
Mexico City	227	1853	74	99	1499	69	60	355	49
Urbanicity
Rural (ref.)	1869	1759	29	100	1489	29	42	270	17
Urban	2904	1793	24	99	1481	23	53	312	15
Weight status
Normal weight (ref.)	3642	1760	21	99	1488	20	47	272	11
Overweight/obese	1131	1852	36	100	1471	35	58	381	30
Socio-economic status
Lowest tertile (ref.)	1800	1717	30	100	1505	30	37	212	15
Middle tertile	1707	1807	32	99	1486	34	53	320	16
Highest tertile	1266	1826	36	99	1457	32	60	369	27
Dietary recall on weekday
Yes (ref.)	3512	1788	22	99	1439	20	57	349	13
No	1261	1769	37	99	1611	39	28	158	17
Eating occasion, per capita
Breakfast (ref.)	3953	380	7	74	328	7	10	52	5
Almuerzo	2254	220	8	26	125	7	19	95	6
Lunch	4322	521	12	83	473	12	8	48	4
Dinner	3888	360	8	79	345	8	3	15	2
Total snacks	3358	302	11	57	212	8	25	89	8

ref., reference category.

Bold indicates that the percentage consumers of that eating location or food source or the mean per capita daily energy from that eating location or source was significantly different from that of the referent group, via the χ ² test for percentage of consumers or the t test for means, respectively (P<0·05).

^†To convert kilocalories to kilojoules, multiply kcal value by 4·184.

^‡Sample sizes for demographics are based on all respondents with non-missing values on the model variables used in the table. Sample sizes for eating occasion are those who consumed >0 kcal during the eating occasion.