Table 3.
Foods (servings per day) | 6-12 y | P-Value | 13-17 y | P-Value | ||
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Before | During | Before | During | |||
Milk and milk products, total | ||||||
Milk | 4.0 ± 2.3 | 4.9 ± 2.9 | <0.001 | 3.8 ± 2.7 | 4.2 ± 3.5 | 0.001 |
Labaneh | 0.80 ± 0.72 | 0.86 ± 0.82 | 0.113 | 0.59 ± 0.60 | 0.65 ± 0.81 | 0.156 |
Creamy cheese | 0.93 ± 0.77 | 1.04 ± 0.88 | 0.008 | 0.90 ± 0.83 | 1.0 ± 0.94 | 0.004 |
0.73 ± 0.77 | 0.74 ± 0.84 | 0.648 | 0.68 ± 0.74 | 0.74 ± 0.90 | 0.064 | |
Cooked vegetables | 0.59 ± 0.59 | 0.64 ± 0.67 | 0.041 | 0.53 ± 0.67 | 0.63 ± 0.80 | < 0.001 |
Raw vegetables | 0.82 ± 0.64 | 0.92 ± 0.76 | 0.003 | 0.68 ± 0.65 | 0.76 ± 0.77 | 0.022 |
Fruits, total | 2.8 ± 2.2 | 3.1 ± 2.5 | <0.001 | 2.7 ± 2.9 | 3.2 ± 3.4 | <0.001 |
Fresh fruits | 1.3 ± 0.88 | 1.1 ± 0.94 | 0.001 | 1.1 ± 0.92 | 1.3 ± 1.1 | <0.001 |
100% fruit juice | 0.98 ± 1.2 | 1.1 ± 1.5 | 0.001 | 1.1 ± 1.6 | 1.3 ± 1.7 | 0.032 |
Breads, Grains, Pastas | ||||||
Bread | 14.4 ± 9.2 | 15.2 ± 10.0 | 0.022 | 14.6 ± 11.4 | 16.4 ± 13.2 | <0.001 |
Rice | 0.93 ± 0.61 | 1.0 ± 0.62 | <0.001 | 0.93 ± 0.59 | 1.0 ± 0.73 | 0.002 |
Macaroni and pasta | 0.63 ± 0.99 | 0.67 ± 1.07 | 0.273 | 0.48 ± 0.72 | 0.53 ± 0.80 | 0.161 |
Cornflakes | 0.99 ± 1.03 | 1.01 ± 1.44 | 0.687 | 0.85 ± 1.3 | 0.98 ± 1.6 | 0.048 |
Meat, poultry, fish and eggs | ||||||
Red meat | 0.94 ± 1.2 | 1.01 ± 1.4 | 0.03 | 1.2 ± 1.6 | 1.2 ± 1.8 | 0.558 |
Chicken | 0.71 ± 0.51 | 0.78 ± 0.61 | 0.003 | 0.80 ± 0.60 | 0.83 ± 0.70 | 0.331 |
Fish | 0.26 ± 0.49 | 0.27 ± 0.53 | 0.501 | 0.28 ± 0.60 | 0.25 ± 0.58 | 0.402 |
Boiled eggs | 0.55 ± 0.59 | 0.62 ± 0.68 | 0.011 | 0.54 ± 0.65 | 0.59 ± 0.74 | 0.029 |
Beverages | ||||||
Carbonated beverages | 0.52 ± 0.74 | 0.64 ± 0.91 | <0.001 | 0.70 ± 0.85 | 0.82 ± 1.0 | 0.005 |
Canned juice | 0.82 ± 0.82 | 0.86 ± 0.94 | 0.211 | 0.70 ± 0.81 | 0.79 ± 0.96 | 0.027 |
Tea | 0.76 ± 0.82 | 0.93 ± 0.96 | <0.001 | 0.81 ± 0.86 | 1.0 ± 1.0 | <0.001 |
Coffee | 0.20 ± 0.52 | 0.22 ± 0.59 | 0.088 | 0.30 ± 0.60 | 0.36 ± 0.70 | 0.007 |
Snack foods | ||||||
French fries | 0.58 ± 0.68 | 0.68 ± 0.78 | 0.001 | 0.53 ± 0.65 | 0.67 ± 0.80 | <0.001 |
Pastries (Fatayer) | 0.35 ± 0.54 | 0.41 ± 0.68 | 0.05 | 0.35 ± 0.61 | 0.45 ± 0.78 | 0.002 |
Pizza | 0.36 ± 0.66 | 0.36 ± 0.65 | 0.992 | 0.34 ± 0.63 | 0.41 ± 0.76 | 0.001 |
Potato chips | 1.1 ± 0.79 | 1.2 ± 0.91 | 0.174 | 1.1 ± 0.86 | 1.3 ± 1.0 | <0.001 |
Popcorn | 0.48 ± 0.68 | 0.58 ± 0.77 | 0.003 | 0.46 ± 0.63 | 0.59 ± 0.77 | <0.001 |
Sweets and desserts | ||||||
Sugar | 1.1 ± 0.0.95 | 1.2 ± 0.1.0 | 0.001 | 1.1 ± 1.0 | 1.3 ± 1.1 | <0.001 |
Ice-cream | 0.74 ± 0.66 | 0.89 ± 0.77 | <0.001 | 0.81 ± 0.79 | 0.96 ± 0.92 | <0.001 |
Cake | 0.44 ± 0.59 | 0.56 ± 0.77 | <0.001 | 0.49 ± 0.75 | 0.56 ± 0.83 | 0.063 |
Chocolate bar | 0.93 ± 0.67 | 1.1 ± 0.86 | <0.001 | 1.0 ± 0.86 | 1.2 ± 0.99 | 0.008 |
Arabic sweets | 0.29 ± 0.50 | 0.37 ± 0.68 | 0.001 | 0.36 ± 0.67 | 0.44 ± 0.78 | 0.016 |