Table 1.

Size and energy contents of meals reported with conventional and progressive 24-hour recall methods.

Meal	Number of foods, mean (SD)				Energy (kcal), mean (SD)
	24 hours	Progressive	P value	24 hours		Progressive	P value
Afternoon snack or drink	2.7 (1.2)	2.7 (1.5)	.43	325.0 (433.1)		217.9 (263.4)	.30
Breakfast	3.6 (1.6)	3.8 (1.7)	.51	373.5 (383.9)		318.2 (205.0)	.41
Early snack or drink	2.6 (1.7)	2.1 (1.1)	.19	120.8 (145.3)		126.1 (192.0)	.87
Evening meal	4.2 (1.9)	5.2 (1.8)	.005	655.3 (378.0)		732.8 (404.3)	.32
Late snack or drink	2.3 (1.0)	3.0 (2.0)	.31	372.4 (426.2)		318.4 (362.5)	.74
Lunch	3.9 (1.8)	4.0 (1.8)	.68	592.6 (349.1)		491.3 (255.3)	.09
Late snack or drink	2.3 (1.0)	3.0 (2.0)	.31	372.4 (426.2)		318.4 (362.5)	.74
Full day	12.7 (5.5)	13.9 (6.1)	.12	1668.9 (851.3)		1529.7 (834.7)	.18