. 2019 Apr 10;11(4):807. doi: 10.3390/nu11040807

Table 4.

Food and food group intakes (g/day) from 3-day food records at age 10 and 13 years in children enrolled in ALSPAC who were classified into longitudinal picky eating (PE) categories between 2 and 5.5 years of age.

Food/Food Group	Never PE	Low PE	High PE
			Early PE		Late PE
			Non-Persistent PE	Persistent PE	Late PE
Age 10 years
n	1380	3159	275	402	98
Total meat	109 (106, 113) ^a	101 (99, 103) ^b	98 (90, 105) ^a,b	83 (77, 89) ^c	93 (82, 104) ^a,b,c
Meat, carcass ¹	62 (59, 65) ^a	56 (54, 58) ^b	51 (45, 57) ^b,c	39 (35, 44) ^c	43 (33, 53) ^b,c
Processed meat ²	47 (45, 49) ^a	45 (43, 46) ^a	47 (42, 53) ^a	44 (40, 48) ^a	50 (42, 58) ^a
Eggs and egg dishes	10 (9, 11)	9 (9, 10)	8 (6, 10.8)	8 (6, 9)	5 (3, 8)
Potatoes, plain or mashed	36 (34, 39) ^a	33 (32, 35) ^a	34 (28, 39) ^a	23 (19, 27) ^b	27 (18, 36) ^a,b
Total vegetables	80 (77, 83) ^a	68 (66, 70) ^b	60 (54, 66) ^b,c	41 (37, 46) ^d	46 (35, 57) ^c,d
Total fruit	75 (71, 79) ^a	69 (67, 72) ^a	64 (55, 73) ^a,b	63 (55, 71) ^a,b	53 (40, 66) ^b
Total milk ³	216 (207, 225) ^a	210 (204, 216) ^a	224 (202, 246) ^a	236 (214, 258) ^a	231 (202, 246) ^a
Total sweet foods	128 (124, 132	127 (125, 130	124 (116, 133)	124 (118, 130)	137 (121, 153)
Buns, cakes and pastries	28 (26, 29)	28 (27, 29)	28 (24, 31)	26 (23, 29)	27 (21, 32)
Fruit juice	113 (105, 121)	123 (118, 129)	124 (105, 143)	120 (103, 136)	118 (88, 148)
Sweet biscuits and cookies	19 (18, 20) ^a	19 (18, 20) ^a	20 (17, 22) ^a,b	23 (20, 25) ^b	21 (18, 25) ^a,b
Chocolate confectionery	17 (16, 18) ^a	19 (18, 19) ^a,b	20 (17, 22) ^a,b	21 (19, 24) ^b	18 (15, 22) ^a,b
Carbonated drinks with sugar	101 (92, 106)	104 (98, 109)	117 (96, 139)	103 (88, 117)	77 (54, 101)
Savoury sauces ⁵	16 (15, 17) ^a	14 (13, 15) ^b	13 (11, 16) ^a,b,c	10 (8, 12) ^c	11 (8, 14) ^a,b,c
Age 13 years
n	1152	2675	239	344	84
Total meat	127 (122, 131) ^a	122 (118, 125) ^a	121 (111, 130) ^a,b	106 (96, 116) ^b	93 (79, 107) ^b
Meat, carcass ¹	77 (73, 81) ^a	74 (71, 77) ^a	73 (64, 82) ^a,b	65 (57, 74) ^a,b	51 (40, 61) ^b
Processed meat ²	50 (47, 53) ^a	48 (46, 50) ^a,b	48 (41, 55) ^a,b	41 (36, 46) ^b	42 (33, 51) ^a,b
Eggs and egg dishes	10 (9, 11)	10 (9, 11)	8 (5, 11)	7 (5, 9)	9 (5, 14)
Potatoes, plain or mashed	42 (39, 45) ^a	39 (36, 41) ^a,b	39 (31, 46) ^a,b	31 (25, 36) ^b	29 (20, 38) ^a,b
Total vegetables	96 (91, 101) ^a	86 (83, 88) ^b	76 (68, 84) ^b,c	61 (54, 68) ^c	55 (43, 67) ^c
Total fruit	83 (77, 88) ^a	80 (76, 83) ^a	74 (63, 86) ^a,b	64 (54, 73) ^b	58 (43, 73) ^b
Total milk ³	224 (211, 237) ^a	215 (207, 223) ^a	204 (179, 228) ^a	239 (214, 264) ^a	216 (178, 253) ^a
Total sweet foods	106 (101, 110)	107 (104, 110)	117 (105, 128)	113 (104, 121)	115 (97, 132)
Buns, cakes and pastries	27 (24, 29)	27 (26, 29)	32 (26, 37)	25 (21, 29)	25 (17, 33)
Fruit juice	150 (138, 161) ^a	172 (164, 180) ^b	170 (141, 198) ^a,b	177 (154, 200) ^a,b	160 (116, 203) ^a,b
Sweet biscuits and cookies	19 (17, 20)	18 (17, 19)	18 (15, 21)	23 (20, 26)	25 (18, 32)
Chocolate confectionery	15 (14, 16) ^a	17 (16, 18) ^a	18 (15, 22) ^a,b	21 (18, 25) ^b	17 (12, 22) ^a,b
Carbonated drinks with sugar	124 (113, 136	130 (121, 138)	119 (93, 145)	144 (117, 171)	121 (79, 163)
Savoury sauces ⁴	18 (17, 19) ^a	16 (16, 17) ^a	17 (14, 10) ^a	12 (10, 14) ^b	12 (8, 16) ^a,b

Values are mean (95% confidence interval). Data at age 7 years are shown in Taylor et al. (2016) [23]. ^a,b,c,d Values in the same row with unlike superscript letters are significantly different for each age point (p < 0.05). ¹ Foods included carcass meat from lamb, pork, beef, poultry, liver and kidney. ² Foods included sausages, ham, bacon, burgers, meat pies, breaded poultry, salami, etc. ³ Milks included whole, semi-skimmed, skimmed cows’ milk, other animal milks, soya milk, formula milk and cream. ⁴ Savoury sauces included gravy, salad dressing, barbecue sauce, etc.