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.