Table 3.
Mean daily intake of added sugar, saturated fat, and sodium from snacks by adolescent demographic characteristics (n = 6545).
| Added Sugar (kcal) 1 | Saturated Fat (kcal) 1 | Sodium (mg) 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SE | p | Mean | SE | p | Mean | SE | p | |
| Weight status 2 | |||||||||
| Normal 3 | 120.52 | 3.78 | - | 48.42 | 1.40 | - | 456.04 | 14.10 | - |
| Overweight | 158.99 | 8.12 | <0.001 | 61.79 | 2.65 | <0.001 | 555.12 | 25.02 | <0.002 |
| Obese | 183.54 | 9.50 | <0.001 | 72.38 | 4.31 | <0.001 | 677.37 | 39.93 | <0.001 |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 175.68 | 6.90 | - | 69.69 | 2.52 | - | 668.28 | 26.04 | - |
| Female | 102.96 | 3.52 | <0.001 | 41.07 | 1.55 | <0.001 | 365.15 | 15.42 | <0.001 |
| Race | |||||||||
| White | 148.14 | 6.07 | - | 54.77 | 2.00 | - | 497.62 | 15.94 | - |
| Mexican American/Hispanic | 110.69 | 3.88 | <0.001 | 51.25 | 1.76 | 0.20 | 498.54 | 16.55 | 0.97 |
| Black | 154.9 | 4.76 | 0.37 | 65.82 | 2.31 | <0.001 | 618.6 | 23.83 | <0.001 |
| Other | 115.09 | 10.11 | <0.005 | 49.49 | 2.78 | 0.15 | 500.44 | 39.23 | 0.95 |
| Poverty-income-ratio | |||||||||
| Low | 152.61 | 5.95 | - | 55.69 | 1.96 | - | 524.15 | 20.25 | - |
| High | 133.7 | 4.26 | <0.003 | 55.13 | 1.41 | 0.78 | 512.41 | 12.97 | 0.6 |
1 Adjusted for dietary weights, survey cycle year, child age, HH age, EI/EER, and mean meal size. 2 BMI-for-age percentiles: normal weight <85th; overweight ≥85th to <95th; obese ≥95th. 3 n = 4,062, 48.9% female, 15.5 (0.7) years; 61.3% Non-Hispanic White, 17.8% Mexican American/Hispanic, 13.4% Non-Hispanic Black; 7.5% other race. Kcal: kilocalories; g: gram; SE: standard error, HH: head of household; EI/EER: ratio of reported energy intake to estimated energy requirement; - not applicable.