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. 2021 Nov 5;24:101630. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101630

Table 2.

Intake of and calories from selected nutrients from food and beverage snacks by location of consumption in U.S. adolescents aged 12–19 years: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2016.

Food snacks


Beverage snacks
At home

Away from homea



At home
Away from homea
Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE



Added sugar intake (g/day)b Overall 9.5 0.4 4.3 0.3 Overall 9.4 0.6 6.7 0.7
Males 10.5 0.6 4.2 0.5 Males 11.5 0.9 7.9 1.1
Females 8.5 0.6 4.5 0.4 Females 7.3 0.7 5.5 0.6



Saturated fat intake (g/day)b Overall 3.5 0.1 1.4 0.1 Overall 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
Males 3.9 0.2 1.4 0.1 Males 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
Females 3.0 0.2 1.5 0.2 Females 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0



Sodium intake (mg/day)b Overall 283.8 10.5 113.7 7.3 Overall 34.7 1.9 18.7 3.3
Males 330.9 16.9 119.7 11.6 Males 43.4 3.5 24.9 6.5
Females 236.4 11.2 107.7 8.7 Females 26.0 1.8 12.4 1.6



Calories from added sugar in snacks (kcal/day)b Overall 38.1 1.6 17.3 1.3 Overall 37.7 2.4 26.8 2.7
Males 42.1 2.4 16.7 1.9 Males 46.1 3.6 31.4 4.6
Females 34.1 2.2 17.9 1.7 Females 29.3 2.8 22.0 2.4



Calories from saturated fat in snacks (kcal/day)b Overall 31.2 1.2 12.7 1.0 Overall 3.9 0.3 1.0 0.2
Males 35.1 1.9 12.2 1.1 Males 4.6 0.5 1.0 0.2
Females 27.3 1.5 13.1 1.7 Females 3.2 0.4 1.0 0.2
a

Away from home is any location outside of home that includes school, any food outlet (i.e. restaurant, fast food place), friend’s house or other.

b

Statistically significant (p < 0.0001) between food or beverage snacks consumed at home and away from home in the total sample, among males, and among females.