Table 1.
Nutrient intakes from 3-day food records at age 10 and 13 years in children enrolled in ALSPAC who were classified into picky eating categories at age 3 years (cross-sectional).
| Nutrient | Age 10 Years | Age 13 Years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-picky | Somewhat Picky | Very Picky | Non-picky | Somewhat Picky | Very Picky | |
| n | 2341 | 2169 | 804 | 1981 | 1820 | 693 |
| Macronutrients | ||||||
| Protein (g/day) | 62.9 (62.2, 63.5) | 61.7 (61.0, 62.3) * | 59.5 (58.4, 60.5) *** | 69.3 (68.0, 69.9) | 68.9 (68.0, 69.9) | 67.9 (66.3, 69.5) |
| Free sugar (% energy) | 17.3 (17.1, 17.5) | 18.0 (17.7, 18.2) *** | 18.2 (17.8, 18.6) *** | 16.4 (16.1, 16.7) | 17.0 (16.7, 17.3) * | 17.2 (17.0, 18.0) *** |
| Dietary fibre (g/day) | 11.7 (11.5, 11.8) | 11.5 (11.3, 11.7) | 10.9 (10.6, 11.1) *** | 12.9 (12.7, 13.1) | 13.1 (12.8, 13.2) | 12.5 (12.1, 12.8) |
| Micronutrients | ||||||
| Vitamin A | ||||||
| Carotene (µg/day) | 2135 (2068, 2202) | 2086 (2013, 2158) *** | 1863 (1740, 1985) *** | 2376 (2285, 3467) | 2360 (2264, 2457) | 2356 (2193, 2420) |
| Vitamin B12 (µg/day) | 3.47 (3.40, 3.64) | 3.41 (3.34, 3.48) | 3.35 (3.21, 3.48) | 4.43 (4.32, 4.54) | 4.21 (4.10, 4.53) * | 4.23 (4.05, 4.40) |
| Vitamin D (µg/day) | 2.65 (2.60, 2.71) | 2.67 (2.60, 2.73) | 2.47 (2.38, 2.56) ** | 2.69 (2.62, 2.75) | 2.66 (2.59, 2.73) | 2.61 (2.49, 2.73) |
| Vitamin E (mg/day) | 9.28 (9.14, 9.43) | 9.15 (9.00, 9.31) | 8.85 (8.58, 9.13) * | 9.29 (9.10, 9.47) | 9.15 (8.96, 9.33) | 8.96 (8.64, 9.28) |
| Zinc (mg/day) | 6.9 (6.7, 6.9) | 6.7 (6.7, 6.8) | 6.4 (6.3, 6.6) *** | 7.6 (7.5, 7.8) | 7.5 (7.4, 7.6) | 7.3 (7.1, 7.5) * |
| Iron (mg/day) | 9.0 (8.9, 9.1) | 9.0 (8.9, 9.1) | 8.8 (8.8, 9.0) | 10.0 (9.9, 10.2) | 10.2 (9.9, 10.2) | 10.0 (9.9, 10.1) |
| Selenium (µg/day) | 58.3 (57.5, 59.1) | 57.8 (57.0, 58.7) | 55.7 (54.3, 57.1) ** | 62.6 (61.3, 63.8) | 62.9 (61.7, 64.0) | 62.1 (60.0, 64.2) |
Data at age 3.5 years are shown in Taylor, Northstone, Wernimont and Emmett [23] and Taylor, Northstone, Wernimont and Emmett [19]. Values are mean (95% confidence interval). Value at same age significantly different from that of children who were non-picky eaters: * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001 (corrected for multiplicity). Additional nutrients for which there were no significant differences at both 10 and 13 years (data not shown): energy (for males and females separately and for the whole group), carbohydrate, fat, retinol, retinol equivalents, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate, vitamin C, calcium, iodine.