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] |
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| Estimator (95% CI) | ||||
| Total kilocalories/day∗ | 1699 (1543, 1854) | 1822 (1626, 2018) | 2304 (2210, 2398) | 1993 (1948, 2038) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.