Table 3.
Description of food and beverages consumed at breakfast in mothers who occasionally or usually consumed breakfast.
| Boys’ Mothers Occasional Breakfast Consumers | Boys’ Mothers Breakfast Consumers | p * | Girls’ Mothers Occasional Breakfast Consumers | Girls’ Mothers Breakfast Consumers | p * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits, berries and vegetables | Never | 350 (34.8) | 1394 (36.8) | <0.001 | 346 (33.1) | 1290 (33.8) | <0.001 |
| Sometimes | 482 (48.0) | 1403 (37.1) | 536 (51.3) | 1535 (40.2) | |||
| Always | 173 (17.2) | 989 (26.1) | 162 (15.5) | 991 (26.0) | |||
| Fruit juices fresh unsweetened | Never | 527 (53.1) | 2089 (55.5) | 0.006 | 539 (52.5) | 2103 (55.4) | <0.001 |
| Sometimes | 386 (38.9) | 1286 (34.2) | 420 (40.9) | 1310 (34.5) | |||
| Always | 79 (8.0) | 389 (10.3) | 68 (6.6) | 383 (10.1) | |||
| Soft drinks and sugar juices | Never | 650 (67.3) | 3007 (80.6) | <0.001 | 701 (69.7) | 3007 (80.5) | <0.001 |
| Sometimes | 251 (26.0) | 560 (15.0) | 226 (22.5) | 579 (15.5) | |||
| Always | 65 (6.7) | 163 (4.4) | 79 (7.9) | 151 (4.0) | |||
| Milk or dairy products unsweetened | Never | 200 (20.1) | 618 (16.3) | <0.001 | 197 (18.9) | 651 (17.0) | <0.001 |
| Sometimes | 515 (51.8) | 1327 (34.9) | 536 (29.5) | 1400 (36.6) | |||
| Always | 279 (28.1) | 1852 (48.8) | 307 (29.5) | 1777 (46.4) | |||
| Milk or dairy products sweetened | Never | 524 (52.9) | 2083 (55.8) | <0.001 | 541 (52.7) | 2071 (54.7) | <0.001 |
| Sometimes | 357 (36.1) | 1023 (27.4) | 377 (36.7) | 1080 (25.8) | |||
| Always | 109 (11.0) | 630 (16.9) | 108 (10.5) | 637 (16.8) | |||
| Sweet or salty pastries | Never | 273 (27.2) | 1555 (40.9) | <0.001 | 310 (29.7) | 1584 (41.3) | <0.001 |
| Sometimes | 644 (64.1) | 1853 (48.7) | 638 (61.2) | 1892 (49.3) | |||
| Always | 88 (8.8) | 394 (10.4) | 95 (9.1) | 362 (9.4) | |||
| Low fiber cereal products | Never | 345 (34.4) | 1453 (38.4) | 0.001 | 353 (34.0) | 1387 (36.6) | 0.005 |
| Sometimes | 476 (47.5) | 1556 (41.1) | 520 (50.0) | 1691 (35.0) | |||
| Always | 181 (18.1) | 775 (20.5) | 166 (16.0) | 716 (18.9) | |||
| Whole-grain cereal products | Never | 420 (41.7) | 1010 (26.5) | <0.001 | 410 (39.6) | 944 (24.6) | <0.001 |
| Sometimes | 469 (46.5) | 1302 (34.2) | 512 (49.5) | 1407 (36.7) | |||
| Always | 119 (11.8) | 1495 (39.3) | 113 (10.9) | 1479 (38.6) |
* p values from chi-square indicate statistical significance between genders. Frequency of food and beverage groups’ consumption: Never (0 times/week), Sometimes (1–4 times/ week), Always (5–7 times/week).