Table 1.
Mean energy and percentage of energy consumed per day and snacking frequency among FECHIC (children, 4–6 years) and GOCS (adolescents, 12–14 years) study participants (n 1710), south-eastern area of Santiago, Chile, 2016
| Children (n 958) | Adolescents (n 752) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (n 465) | Females (n 493) | Males (n 377) | Females (n 375) | |||||
| Mean | se | Mean | se | Mean | se | Mean | se | |
| Per capita total energy intake (kcal) | 1244 | 18·4 | 1172 | 17·4 | 1991 | 32·5 | 1700 | 32·0 |
| Per capita energy intake from snacks (kcal) | 368 | 12·4 | 352 | 11·2 | 538 | 24·9 | 521 | 25·0 |
| Per capita energy intake from snacks (% of total) | 28·8 | 0·8 | 29·3 | 0·7 | 26·1 | 1·0 | 28·7 | 1·1 |
| Percentage of snackers† | 94·8 | – | 95·5 | – | 89·1 | – | 90·7 | – |
| Per snacker energy intake from snacks (kcal) | 388 | 12·4 | 368 | 11·2 | 603 | 25·8 | 575 | 25·4 |
| Per snacker energy intake from snacks (% of total) | 30·4 | 0·8 | 30·6 | 0·7 | 29·3 | 1·0 | 31·7 | 1·0 |
| Snacking frequency (%) | ||||||||
| Non-snackers (0 snacks/d) | 5·2 | – | 4·5 | – | 10·9 | – | 9·3 | – |
| Light snackers (1–2 snacks/d) | 53·3 | – | 57·2 | – | 53·9 | – | 47·2 | – |
| Heavy snackers (≥3 snacks/d) | 41·5 | – | 38·3 | – | 35·3 | – | 43·5 | – |
| Eating occasion frequency (%) | ||||||||
| Breakfast | 96·3 | * | 94·9 | * | 87·8 | * | 86·7 | * |
| Lunch | 94·6 | – | 95·9 | – | 94·7 | – | 94·9 | – |
| Once | 76·8 | – | 79·9 | – | 83·0 | – | 80·3 | – |
| Dinner | 44·3 | * | 42·4 | * | 18·8 | * | 16·8 | * |
| Colación | 82·8 | * | 79·3 | * | 54·1 | * | 55·2 | * |
| Picoteo | 60·7 | * | 65·7 | * | 70·0 | * | 74·1 | * |
FECHIC, Food Environment Chilean Cohort; GOCS, Growth and Obesity Cohort Study.
1 kcal = 4·184 kJ.
*
Significant difference between children and adolescents by sex for each type of eating occasion using χ 2 test (P < 0·05).
†
Participants reporting ≥1 snack/d.