Table 1.
Summary description of age, weight, food energy intake and percentage of under-reporting energy intake among adolescents (11–18 years) from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS).
| Total sample n = 2118 |
Age group 11–14 years |
Age group 15–18 years |
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| Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
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n = 521 |
n = 545 |
n = 501 |
n = 551 |
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| Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | ||||||
| Age (years) | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.3 |
| Weight (kg) | 57.4 | 56.6 | 58.2 | 53.0 | 51.8 | 54.2 | 53.3 | 52.1 | 54.4 | 69.1 | 67.8 | 70.4 | 62.6 | 61.4 | 63.7 |
| Food energy (kJ) | 7370.3 | 7278.6 | 7461.9 | 7806.4 | 7635.7 | 7977.1 | 6685.2 | 6535.3 | 6835.0 | 8519.1 | 8308.0 | 8730.2 | 6590.9 | 6440.3 | 6741.5 |
| Under-reporter EI* (%) | 73.04 | 71.1 | 74.9 | 70.6 | 66.7 | 74.6 | 66.7 | 62.4 | 70.4 | 78.6 | 75.04 | 82.2 | 76.8 | 73.2 | 80.3 |
| Overall DQI-A% | 21.1 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 20.6 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 19.3 | 21.8 | 20.7 | 19.3 | 22.2 | 22.5 | 21.2 | 23.8 |
CI, Confidence Interval, EI, Energy Intake.