Table 4.
Percentage of per capita total daily calories from food groups by food source (home, away from home) * among low- and middle-income Chilean preschool children and adolescents from Southeast Santiago, 2016.
| Food Groups | Preschool Children (n = 839) | Adolescents (n = 643) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Calories from Home | Mean Calories from Away-From-Home Sources | Mean Calories from Home | Mean Calories from Away-From-Home Sources | |||||||||
| Absolute | Absolute | Absolute | Absolute | |||||||||
| Mean | SE † | % | Mean | SE | % | Mean | SE | % | Mean | SE | % | |
| Cereal-based foods | 146.8 | 5.2 | 14.1% | 5.2 | 0.9 | 2.4% | 352.0 | 10.5 | 24.9% | 28.1 | 3.5 | 6.9% |
| Grain-based desserts | 96.1 | 5.4 | 9.2% | 18.8 | 2.5 | 8.7% | 174.0 | 11.5 | 12.3% | 54.6 | 5.3 | 13.3% |
| Sweets and non-grain-based desserts | 31.7 | 3.1 | 3.0% | 13.5 | 1.6 | 6.3% | 38.2 | 4.1 | 2.7% | 26.0 | 3.3 | 6.3% |
| Salty snacks | 18.8 | 2.8 | 1.8% | 8.1 | 1.5 | 3.8% | 49.1 | 7.1 | 3.5% | 23.4 | 3.7 | 5.7% |
| Meat, poultry, and meat substitutes | 41.4 | 2.7 | 4.0% | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.0% | 99.6 | 6.0 | 7.0% | 13.0 | 2.1 | 3.2% |
| Dairy products and dairy substitutes | 58.2 | 2.8 | 5.6% | 6.2 | 1.1 | 2.9% | 58.7 | 4.2 | 4.1% | 10.2 | 1.6 | 2.5% |
| Fruits, vegetables, and mushrooms | 51.7 | 2.4 | 5.0% | 6.0 | 0.7 | 2.8% | 49.6 | 3.1 | 3.5% | 12.7 | 1.5 | 3.1% |
| Oils and fats | 31.5 | 1.4 | 3.0% | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1% | 39.7 | 2.4 | 2.8% | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.5% |
| Coffee and tea | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.4% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1% | 38.5 | 2.8 | 2.7% | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3% |
| Fast foods | 12.4 | 1.9 | 1.2% | 10.8 | 2.0 | 5.0% | 27.4 | 4.3 | 1.9% | 21.8 | 4.3 | 5.3% |
| Sugar-sweetened beverages | 169.5 | 5.4 | 16.3% | 9.2 | 1.2 | 4.3% | 153.4 | 6.5 | 10.8% | 29.1 | 3.0 | 7.1% |
| Unsweetened dairy drinks and substitutes | 57.7 | 4.4 | 5.5% | 20.5 | 2.0 | 9.5% | 24.6 | 2.7 | 1.7% | 14.3 | 1.5 | 3.5% |
| Mixed dishes | 143.7 | 6.1 | 13.8% | 77.7 | 5.4 | 36.0% | 166.1 | 9.8 | 11.7% | 95.6 | 6.7 | 23.3% |
| Empanadas and sandwiches | 8.6 | 2.6 | 0.8% | 22.7 | 2.3 | 10.5% | 36.5 | 6.8 | 2.6% | 58.8 | 5.7 | 14.4% |
| Other food groups | 169.0 | 6.1 | 16.2% | 14.4 | 1.8 | 6.7% | 109.0 | 5.3 | 7.7% | 18.4 | 2.3 | 4.5% |
| Daily per capita total | 1041.0 | 14.2 | 100.0% | 216.0 | 10.1 | 100.0% | 1417.0 | 25.5 | 100.0% | 410.0 | 17.4 | 100.0% |
* We determined the food source by combining food purchased at groceries, convenience stores, or supermarkets and products made at home into 1 category (home) and combining ready-to-eat food obtained at school, restaurants, fast food establishments, or other sources into another category (away from home). † SE, Standard error.