Table 5.

Some breakfast intake preferences at home by Saudi children relative to gender (more than one choice was possible).

Variable	All (N = (1149)	Boys (N = (523)	Girls (N = (626)	p-Value *
Preference for cereal with/without added sugar (%)				0.194
With sugar	66.9	65.3	68.1
Without sugar	33.1	34.7	31.9
Preference for cereal with or without fruit (%)				0.700
With fruit	15.6	14.6	16.5
Without fruit	84.4	85.4	83.5
Percentage of fresh fruit eaten with breakfast (%)	53.1	60.6	46.8	<0.001
Types of fruits consumed most with breakfast (%):
Apple	31.8	26.8	35.9	0.001
Banana	24.6	26.0	22.9	0.237
Grape	16.6	12.4	20.1	<0.001
Orange	15.9	14.5	17.1	0.237
Strawberries	8.6	3.8	12.6	<0.001
Pear	5.3	6.4	4.0	0.074
Mango	1.8	1.7	1.9	0.805
Kiwi	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.898
Watermelon	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.997
All others (less than 1% each and include dates, pineapple, figs and raisins)	1.1	0.3	2.0	<0.001
Drinks consumed with breakfast (%)	90.5	95.0	86.7	<0.001
Types of Drinks consumed with breakfast (%):
Full fat milk	44.6	44.0	45.2	0.676
Water	42.2	39.2	44.7	0.095
Chocolate milk	31.6	27.2	35.3	0.003
Fruit juice	29.4	27.3	31.2	0.158
Tea with milk	27.2	28.7	25.9	0.279
Tea	11.6	13.8	9.7	0.034
Strawberry milk	9.7	6.7	12.3	0.001
Fruit drink	9.4	8.8	9.9	0.521
Low fat milk	8.2	9.4	7.2	0.179
Soft drink (soft beverage)	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.006
Butter milk	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.370
Coffee with milk	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.333
Other drinks	1.0	0.0	1.9	0.333

* Chi Squares tests of the proportions for significant difference between males and females.