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. 2022 Aug 25;2022:1047524. doi: 10.1155/2022/1047524

Table 5.

Prevalence (%), frequency/day (times per day), average kilocalories, and relative energy contribution (%) by type of meals made in the Colombian population (3 to 64 years, non-pregnant women). National Survey of Nutritional Situation in Colombia (ENSIN-2015).

Type of meals 3–4 y [3127] 5–12 y [6274] 13–17 y [7110] 18–64 y [9604]
Estimator (95% CI)
Total kilocalories/day 1699 (1543, 1854) 1822 (1626, 2018) 2304 (2210, 2398) 1993 (1948, 2038)

Before breakfast
 Prevalence (%) 24.0 (19.6, 29.1) 30.2 (25.4, 35.4) 22.3 (19.7, 25, 2) 24.0 (22.1, 26.2)
 Frequency/day 0.23 (0.18, 0.28) 0.27 (0.22, 0.31) 0.20 (0.17, 0.23) 0.22 (0.20, 0.24)
 Energy (kilocalories) 215 (113, 318) 149 (131, 167) 132 (88, 175) 107 (89, 124)
 Relative contribution (%) 3.6 (1.3, 5.9) 0.7 (0.3, 1.2) 1.1 (0.5, 1.8) 1.4 (1.2, 1.6)

Breakfast
 Prevalence (%) 93.0 (89.6, 95.4) 95.7 (94.2, 96.7) 95.8 (94.3, 96.7) 96.1 (95.3, 96.8)
 Frequency/day 0.93 (0.90, 0.97) 0.93 (0.90, 0.96) 0.96 (0.94, 0.98) 0.97 (0.95, 0.98)
 Energy (kilocalories) 342 (292, 393) 447 (424, 470) 556 (525, 588) 491 (469, 514)
 Relative contribution (%) 21.0 (18.8, 23.3) 25.1 (21.6, 28.6) 21.1 (19.9, 22.3) 22.8 (21.9, 23.6)

Mid-morning
 Prevalence (%) 47.8 (0.43, 0.52) 46.6 (41.0, 52.2) 46.8 (43.8, 49.8) 46.7 (44.1, 49.4)
 Frequency/day 0.37 (0.34, 0.41) 0.38 (0.33, 0.43) 0.39 (0.36, 0.41) 0.39 (0.37, 0.42)
 Energy (kilocalories) 206 (162, 251) 285 (264, 306) 357 (312, 403) 239 (218, 261)
 Relative contribution (%) 7.9 (5.1, 10.7) 6.2 (2.8, 9.6) 6.0 (4.2, 7.8) 4.3 (3.8, 4.7)

Lunch
 Prevalence (%) 98.6 (97.6, 99.2) 98.8 (97.7, 99.4) 99.4 (99.0, 99.6) 98.0 (96.9, 98.8)
 Frequency/day 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 1.0 (0.98, 1.02) 1.03 (1.01, 1.04) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
 Energy (kilocalories) 505 (412, 599) 607 (567, 646) 809 (749, 868) 727 (705, 748)
 Relative contribution (%) 30.7 (26.2, 35.2) 34.2 (30.8, 37.6) 32.9 (31.0, 34.9) 35.6 (34.5, 36.7)

Mid-afternoon
 Prevalence (%) 50.8 (46.5, 55.1) 54.5 (51.2, 57.8) 52.2 (49.1, 55.4) 50.2 (47.4, 0.53)
 Frequency/day 0.41 (0.37, 0.45) 0.44 (0.39, 0.48) 0.42 (0.40, 0.45) 0.40 (0.38, 0.43)
 Energy (kilocalories) 300 (268, 331) 299 (274, 324) 395 (348, 443) 299 (270, 327)
 Relative contribution (%) 13.5 (10.7, 16.3) 7.5 (3.4, 11.7) 9.6 (6.8, 12.4) 8.1 (7.2, 9.0)

Dinner
 Prevalence (%) 94.5 (90.7, 96.8) 95.5 (92.7, 97.3) 94.4 (92.1, 96.1) 94.6 (93.0, 95.9)
 Frequency/day 0.95 (0.92, 0.96) 0.93 (0.91, 0.96) 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) 0.96 (0.94, 0.97)
 Energy (kilocalories) 367 (319, 415) 457 (399, 515) 634 (576, 693) 576 (549, 603)
 Relative contribution (%) 21.1 (19.5, 22.8) 24.7 (22.5, 26.9) 25.3 (23.6, 27.0) 25.4 (24.1, 26.7)

After dinner
 Prevalence (%) 26.5 (20.6, 33.2) 25.2 (30.0, 31.2) 25.2 (21.1, 20.7) 25.1 (22.9, 27.4)
 Frequency/day 0.20 (0.15, 0.25) 0.17 (0.13, 0.22) 0.18 (0.15, 0.21) 0.18 (0.16, 0.19)
 Energy (kilocalories) 155 (134, 175) 206 (182, 230) 311 (240, 382) 260 (222, 297)
 Relative contribution (%) 2.2 (1.3, 3.1) 1.5 (0.7, 2.4) 4.0 (1.2, 6.8) 2.4 (2.1, 2.9)

Based on 24-hour dietary recall. 1 kcal/d = 4.18 kJ/d; Based on usual intake, incorporating intra-subject variability [45]. Based on FFQ.