Table 6.

Dietary intake by tertiles of scores of the two identified patterns among Lebanese children 2–5 years old (n = 525)

Food groupsa	Fast Food and Sweets pattern		Traditional Lebanese
	First tertile	Third tertile	First tertile	Third tertile
Sweetened beverage	0.22 ± 0.39	1.51 ± 1.06c	1.10 ± 1.13	0.57 ± 0.71c
Fast food	0.05 ± 0.14	0.52 ± 0.63c	0.31 ± 0.49	0.21 ± 0.38
Salty snacks	0.37 ± 1.10	2.50 ± 2.93c	1.84 ± 2.85	1.03 ± 1.86b
Sweets	1.50 ± 1.88	4.14 ± 4.01c	2.41 ± 2.88	3.16 ± 3.74
Meat, fish, poultry, eggs	0.59 ± 1.04	2.29 ± 3.94c	0.79 ± 1.97	1.97 ± 3.96c
Pizza and pies	0.11 ± 0.27	0.29 ± 0.60c	0.49 ± 0.63	0.04 ± 0.18c
Condiments	0.02 ± 0.13	0.62 ± 2.32c	0.24 ± 0.97	0.27 ± 1.73
Lebanese traditional dishes	1.35 ± 1.81	0.46 ± 1.05c	0.42 ± 0.70	1.19 ± 1.86c
Added fats and oils	0.31 ± 0.71	1.55 ± 2.71c	0.41 ± 0.92	1.61 ± 2.82c
Bread and cereals	1.64 ± 1.40	3.16 ± 2.35c	1.35 ± 1.53	4.07 ± 2.61c
Dairy products	1.21 ± 1.61	0.84 ± 1.01b	0.39 ± 0.62	1.92 ± 1.71c
Tea	0.03 ± 0.15	0.30 ± 0.56c	0.04 ± 0.16	0.34 ± 0.59c
Fruits and vegetables	1.94 ± 1.87	1.65 ± 1.91c	0.88 ± 1.06	2.48 ± 2.26c
Starchy vegetables and legumes	0.43 ± 1.54	0.22 ± 0.80c	0.13 ± 0.48	0.80 ± 1.90c
Nuts and seeds	0.58 ± 1.98	0.75 ± 2.92	0.21 ± 1.18	0.94 ± 3.19b

^aValues represent the number of servings consumed per day from each food group

^bp < 0.05

^cp < 0.001