Table 2.
Eating occasions (EO) per day, by sociodemographic characteristics, 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) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks/d | Meals/d | Total EO/d | Snacks/d | Meals/d | Total EO/d | |||||||||
| Variable | n | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | n | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Male (reference) | 465 | 2·32 | 0·06 | 3·37 | 0·04 | 5·70 | 0·07 | 377 | 2·19 | 0·08 | 3·03 | 0·04 | 5·22 | 0·08 |
| Female | 493 | 2·29 | 0·05 | 3·40 | 0·04 | 5·70 | 0·06 | 375 | 2·47* | 0·08 | 2·96 | 0·04 | 5·43* | 0·09 |
| Mother’s education level | ||||||||||||||
| Less than high school (reference) | 173 | 2·28 | 0·08 | 3·28 | 0·06 | 5·56 | 0·09 | 213 | 2·19 | 0·11 | 2·96 | 0·06 | 5·15 | 0·11 |
| High school completed | 396 | 2·31 | 0·06 | 3·45 | 0·05* | 5·76 | 0·07 | 335 | 2·48* | 0·09 | 2·93 | 0·04 | 5·42 | 0·09 |
| More than high school | 389 | 2·32 | 0·06 | 3·36 | 0·04 | 5·68 | 0·07 | 169 | 2·14 | 0·11 | 3·16* | 0·06 | 5·30 | 0·12 |
FECHIC, Food Environment Chilean Cohort; GOCS, Growth and Obesity Cohort Study.
*
Significantly different compared with the reference group (P < 0·05). Independent-sample t test used for the mean number of snacks, meals and EO when comparing males and females. Linear regression model used to determine.