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. 2014 Nov 20;113(1):190. doi: 10.1017/S0007114514003961

Breakfast consumption is positively associated with nutrient adequacy in Canadian children and adolescents – CORRIGENDUM

Susan I Barr, Loretta DiFrancesco, Victor L Fulgoni III
PMCID: PMC8054325  PMID: 25410094

The value for calcium intake at breakfast for the RTEC breakfast group in Table 3 in the paper by Barr et al. ( 1 ) was incorrect. The correct value is given here. The authors apologise for this error.

Table 3.

Nutrient intake of Canadian children and adolescents consuming breakfasts with and without ready-to-eat cereal (RTEC) at the breakfast meal and during the rest of the day (Weighted means with their standard errors)

Intake at breakfast Intake during the rest of the day
Other breakfast (n 6917) RTEC breakfast (n 3890) Other breakfast (n 6917) RTEC breakfast (n 3890)
Nutrients Mean sem Mean sem Mean sem Mean sem
Energy (kJ) 1699 21 1761 25 7602 21 7540 25
Protein (g) 13·7 0·2 13·9 0·2 67·6 0·5 66·9 0·8
Fat (g) 14·1 0·3 8·4*** 0·2 66·2 0·4 65·1 0·6
SFA (g) 5·1 0·1 3·7*** 0·1 22·7 0·2 22·6 0·3
MUFA (g) 5·1 0·1 2·4*** 0·1 26·4 0·2 25·6 0·3
PUFA (g) 2·3 0·05 1·1*** 0·04 10·9 0·1 10·7 0·2
Cholesterol (mg) 72·0 2·4 23·3*** 1·1 183·9 2·5 183·7 3·4
Carbohydrate (g) 57·6 0·8 74·3*** 1·2 241·8 1·2 242·1 1·6
Sugars (g) 27·4 0·5 36·7*** 0·7 108·2 1·0 108·0 1·5
Fibre (g) 2·5 0·05 3·6*** 0·1 12·3 0·1 12·5 0·2
Vitamin A (μg RAE) 154·2 3·1 140·3** 3·1 494·8 8·2 502·9 10·2
Thiamin (mg) 0·37 0·01 0·87*** 0·02 1·32 0·01 1·33 0·02
Riboflavin (mg) 0·52 0·01 0·65*** 0·02 1·60 0·01 1·67* 0·03
Niacin (mg NE) 5·8 0·1 6·1 0·1 30·2 0·2 29·9 0·4
Vitamin B6 (mg) 0·29 0·01 0·50*** 0·01 1·34 0·01 1·35 0·02
Folate (DFE) 93·9 1·5 92·8 2·0 372·8 3·7 368·3 4·4
Vitamin B12 (μg) 0·84 0·02 0·92** 0·02 3·2 0·1 3·2 0·1
Vitamin C (mg) 35·2 1·1 29·6** 1·5 120·4 2·1 117·6 2·6
Vitamin D (μg) 1·8 0·04 2·5*** 0·05 4·2 0·1 4·4 0·1
Ca (mg) 258 5 377*** 7 786 8 814 13
Fe (mg) 2·5 0·05 7·4*** 0·2 10·6 0·1 10·7 0·1
Mg (mg) 59·5 0·9 78·6*** 1·4 225·6 1·4 227·2 1·9
Zn (mg) 1·8 0·03 2·2*** 0·04 9·1 0·1 8·8* 0·1
Na (mg) 624 15 553*** 12 2658 24 2620 30
K (mg) 573 8 670*** 11 2317 16 2318 23

RAE, retinol activity equivalents; NE, niacin equivalents; DFE, dietary folate equivalents.

Mean value was significantly different from that of the other-breakfast group: * P< 0·05, ** P< 0·01, *** P< 0·0001.

Data were obtained from the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.2.

Reference

  • 1. Barr SI, DiFrancesco L & Fulgoni VL (2014) Breakfast consumption is positively associated with nutrient adequacy in Canadian children and adolescents. Br J Nutr 112, 1373–1383. Published by Cambridge University Press, October 2014, doi:10.1017/S0007114514002190 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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