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Table 5.

Food daily intake among Chinese pre-school children with different characteristics (g/day).

Food Groups	Recommended Amount	Residence		Household Monthly Expenditure on Children’s Food (RMB: yuan)			Outside Eating
		Urban	Rural	≤300	301~600	>600	≤1 times/week	>1 times/week
		N = 498	N = 209	N = 277	N = 203	N = 150	N = 194	N = 503
Cereals	250~400	160.0 (120.0, 224.8)	230.0 (175.0, 340.0) **	200.0 (152.5, 287.5) **	167.5 (125.0, 250.0)	150.0 (120.0, 220.0)	197.5 (150.0, 275.0) *	170.0 (130.0, 250.0)
Tubers	250~400	54.3 (37.0, 103.3)	147.1 (0.0, 159.3)	60.0 (0.0, 157.1)	52.9 (16.3, 128.6)	56.9 (40.7, 96.6)	75.8 (0.0, 157.1)	54.3 (27.7, 121.4)
Vegetables	300~500	125.0 (88.0, 209.3)	275.0 (212.5, 450.0) **	212.5 (141.3, 350.0) **	160.0 (100.0, 260.7)	129.2 (95.0, 226.1)	218.9 (138.8, 325.6) **	160.0 (100.0, 260.0)
Fruits	200~350	150.0 (109.5, 250.0)	184.3 (30.0, 250.0)	161.4 (50.0, 250.0)	160.0 (109.4, 250.0)	157.9 (110.0, 223.4)	164.3 (57.1, 250.0)	150.0 (85.7, 250.0)
Meat	40~75	80.0 (50.0, 130.0)	34.3 (26.7, 51.4) **	45.0 (27.1, 78.6)	65.0 (37.5, 110.00	88.6 (49.5, 140.0) **	48.6 (27.8, 91.4)	65.0 (37.5, 114.3) **
Aquatic products	40~75	56.9 (6.8, 107.9)	0.0 (0.0, 0.0) **	0.0 (0.0, 22.7)	26.0 (0.0, 103.6)	51.5 (3.0, 100.0) **	0.0 (0.0, 56.6)	26.9 (0.0, 98.6) **
Eggs	40~50	72.1 (431.0, 105.0)	70.0 (0.0, 110.0)	70.0 (140.0, 100.0)	72.1 (35.7, 110.0)	68.9 (38.8, 110.0)	75.8 (41., 120.0)	70.0 (34.3, 105.0)
Dairy products	300	241.0 (74.9, 370.0)	7.5 (0.0, 85.7) **	42.9 (0.0, 225.0)	200.0 (25.0, 314.3)	250.0 (110.0, 400.0) **	83.6 (0.0, 250.0)	200.0 (8.6, 325.0) **
Soy products	25~35	31.1 (19.1, 64.3)	33.3 (0.0, 78.6)	26.7 (0.0, 68.5)	31.4 (13.6, 62.9)	34.3 (21.7, 68.0)	35.3 (0.0, 70.0)	29.6 (15.5, 64.3)
Nuts	25~35	8.6 (25.5, 25.0)	0.0 (0.0, 4.6) **	1.3 (0.0, 9.6)	5.0 (0.07, 21.3)	7.1 (2.6, 21.5) *	3.3 (0.0, 9.2)	5.7 (0.3, 22.0) **

** The highest intake group p < 0.001; * the highest intake group p < 0.05.