Table 1.

Characteristics of U.S. adolescents aged 12–19 years (n = 3869; 1971 men, 1898 women): National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2016.

	Overall		Males		Females
Characteristic	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Age (years)c	15.5	0.1	15.6	0.1	15.4	0.1
	na	%b	na	%b	na	%b
Body Mass Index category
<15th percentile	295	7.3	177	8.5	118	6.2
15–85th percentile	2076	56.1	1055	55.8	1021	56.4
85–95th percentile	669	15.7	313	14.8	356	16.5
≥95th percentile	829	20.9	426	20.9	403	20.9
Education
8th grade or lower	1720	42.9	904	42.2	816	43.6
Higher than 8th grade	2149	57.1	1067	57.8	1082	56.4
Race/Hispanic origin
Non-Hispanic White	1078	55.1	590	55.3	488	55.0
Non-Hispanic Black	967	14.8	481	14.0	486	15.5
Hispanic origin	1278	21.8	629	22.3	649	21.2
Other (other non-Hispanic races or multiple races)	546	8.3	271	8.3	275	8.3
Household size
≤3	914	25.5	469	25.1	445	25.9
>3	2,955	74.5	1502	74.9	1453	74.1
Household income
<$35,000	1,664	33.0	815	31.0	849	35.0
$35,000-$74,999	1,119	29.1	559	28.5	560	29.7
≥$75,000	1,086	37.9	597	40.6	489	35.3
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Total snacks consumed/day Snacks consumed at home/day Snacks consumed away from home/day Total energy intake (kcal/day)c	2.4 1.7 0.7 2,027.7	0.04 0.03 0.03 22.3	2.4 1.7 0.7 2299.9	0.1 0.1 0.0 40.8	2.3 1.6 0.7 1753.3	0.1 0.1 0.0 21.3
Total calories from added sugar and saturated fat (kcal/day)
All foods and beverages consumedc	555.0	8.2	624	13.5	484.8	8.6
All snacksc	168.7	5.4	189.3	8.0	148.0	6.5
Food snacks onlyc	99.3	3.5	106.1	5.0	92.4	5.0
Beverage snacks onlyc	69.4	3.6	83.1	6.3	55.6	3.8
% of total daily added sugar intakes came from snacksc	33.5	0.7	33.7	1.0	33.3	1.3
% of total daily saturated fat intakes came from snacksc	19.5	0.5	18.8	0.7	20.2	0.7
% of total daily sodium intakes came from snacksc	13.0	0.3	13.3	0.4	12.8	0.5

^aunweighted count.

^bweighted percentage using day 2 dietary weights.

^cStatistically significant (p < 0.05).