Table 5.
Results of independent two-tailed t tests of average consumed calories between Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (n=8041) and low-income countries (n=312).
| Characteristics | Time 2 (baseline to 3 months), mean (SD) | Time 3 (3-6 months), mean (SD) | Time 4 (6-9 months), mean (SD) | Time 5 (9-12 months), mean (SD) | ||||
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OECDa | Low-Income | OECD | Low-Income | OECD | Low-Income | OECD | Low-Income |
| Calories of exercise | 277.0 (189.1) | 259.8 (192.6) | 286.3 (217.9)b | 252.9 (182.8)b | 277.6 (232.3)b | 243.4 (202.7)b | 270.4 (241.1) | 231.6 (214.9) |
| Calories of breakfast data | 263.6 (130.8)b | 245.0 (145.1)b | 280.8 (125.7) | 280.0 (126.7) | 276.5 (134.2) | 280.3 (141.1) | 270.1 (142.3) | 281.8 (151.9) |
| Calories of morning snack | 152.1 (149.6) | 149.6 (122.1) | 169.1 (120.8) | 169.4 (105.0) | 158.5 (126.6) | 171.6 (132.7) | 149.6 (136.4) | 162.4 (132.5) |
| Calories of lunch | 366.8 (175.9)b | 331.0 (192.1)b | 402.0 (163.8) | 388.0 (170.4) | 392.4 (382.6) | 382.6 (199.1) | 381.5 (197.9) | 374.6 (210.2) |
| Calories of afternoon snack | 188.9 (113.7)b | 175.2 (121.6)b | 207.4 (118.4) | 216.2 (108.8) | 197.8 (132.6) | 203.8 (133.6) | 185.6 (140.0) | 188.5 (134.8) |
| Calories of dinner | 402.5 (208.4)b | 321.4 (192.9)b | 442.2 (197.2)b | 383.1 (176.6)b | 417.7 (223.0)b | 367.5 (227.0)b | 405.4 (244.1)b | 339.1 (235.8)b |
| Calories of evening snack | 192.4 (138.7)b | 174.3 (146.2)b | 203.0 (149.4) | 187.9 (152.3) | 178.2 (171.4) | 173.8 (163.0) | 162.3 (166.3) | 149.5 (164.8) |
aOECD: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
bSignificant at the P<.05 level.