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. 2022 Jan 1;168:105777. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105777

Table 2.

The nutritional content of meals (breakfast, lunch and evening meal) provided to children by parents and grandparents.

Breakfast
Lunch
Evening Meal
Parents (n = 72)
Grandparents (n = 37)
Mann-Whitney U Test
Parents (n = 71)
Grandparents (n = 40)
Mann-Whitney U Test
Parents (n = 72)
Grandparents (n = 34)
Mann-Whitney U Test
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Energy (kcal) 197 (113) 232 (99) U = 1633, p = 0.054 393 (240) 351 (198) U = 1240, p = 0.269 323 (201) 341 (149) U = 1136, p = 0.551
Total Sugar (g) 17 (27) 15 (11) U = 1463, p = 0.404 15 (11) 18 (20) U = 1450, p = 0.854 12 (10) 14 (11) U = 1380, p = 0.291
Sat Fat (g) 5 (22) 1 (4) U = 1195, p = 0.192 10 (16) 12 (16) U = 1513, p = 0.547 15 (28) 19 (27) U = 1380 p = 0.248
Sodium (mg) 267 (322) 246 (231) U = 1358, p = 0.870 621 (386) 545 (419) U = 1186, P = 0.151 539 (383) 435 (320) U = 1026, p = 0.179

SD = Standard deviation.