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Table 3 Nutrient intake (3-day average, weekday average, and weekend) overall and by food security statusa

From: Children's very low food security is associated with increased dietary intakes in energy, fat, and added sugar among Mexican-origin children (6-11 y) in Texas border Colonias

 

Dietary Recommendations

Total

Food

Marginal food secure

Low food security

Very low food security

   

Sample

secure

   
 

6-8 y

9-11 y

( N = 50)

( N = 9)

( N = 9)

( N = 18)

( N = 14)

Total energy (kcal)

1400-1600

1600-2200

     

   3-day averagec2

  

2034.9

1766.9

2049.2

1994.2

2250.2

   

(372.8)

(354.5)

(287.0)

(340.7)

(376.6)

   Weekday

  

2008.1

1757.4

2081.7

2020.7

2105.8

   

(375.8)

(313.9)

(318.0)

(363.4)

(423.0)

   Weekend dayc2

  

2097.5

1785.9

2023.0

1947.0

2539.1

   

(717.6)

(761.6)

(687.5)

(611.9)

(700.9)

Protein (g)

19

34

     

   3-day averagec1

  

82.9

73.3

78.4

84.8

89.5

   

(19.7)

(17.9)

(14.1)

(20.2)

(22.0)

   Weekday

  

81.1

70.7

78.8

86.7

82.1

   

(19.9)

(18.0)

(11.8)

(21.7)

(21.9)

   Weekend day

  

86.4

78.6

76.5

81.6

104.1

   

(36.7)

(36.3)

(30.2)

(35.8)

(39.3)

Dietary fiber (g)

17-20

22-25

     

   3-day average

  

15.2

15.7

14.3

16.2

14.1

   

(5.0)

(3.3)

(4.2)

(5.3)

(6.2)

   Weekday

  

15.5

16.6

16.2

16.5

13.1

   

(5.3)

(5.1)

(5.6)

(5.8)

(4.3)

   Weekend day

  

14.6

13.8

10.8

15.6

16.1

   

(9.8)

(6.9)

(4.6)b1

(7.1)

(15.4)

Calcium (mg)

1000

1300

     

   3-day average

  

993.4

820.4

1077.5

951.6

1104.3 (387.6)

   

(300.5)

(266.4)

(245.4)

(228.1)

 

   Weekday

  

1056.3

918.2

1131.5

1095.7

1046.2

   

(299.6)

(360.2)

(149.1)

(321.3)

(300.8)

   Weekend day

  

898.2

624.7

999.7

733.6

1220.6

   

(566.2)b2

(355.8)

(609.7)

(381.5)b2

(709.3)

Vitamin D (mcg)

15

15

     

   3-day average

  

6.9

5.4

7.6

6.2

8.4

   

(2.9)

(2.9)

(1.9)

(2.5)

(3.4)

   Weekday

  

7.5

6.3

7.9

7.2

8.6

   

(2.7)

(3.1)

(2.6)

(2.2)

(3.0)

   Weekend day

  

5.8

3.6

6.8

4.6

8.0

   

(4.4)b3

(3.5)b1

(2.1)

(4.3)b2

(5.1)

Potassium (mg)

3800

4500

     

   3-day average

  

2530.1

2499.1

2489.6

2457.6

2669.4

   

(554.4)

(482.4)

(451.5)

(530.4)

(701.4)

   Weekday

  

2640.3

2649.6

2692.4

2650.3

2588.0

   

(602.8)

(573.2)

(466.5)

(695.9)

(628.9)

   Weekend day

  

2332.9

2197.9

2052.4

2152.2

2832.3

   

(955.2)b1

(976.7)

(716.3)

(782.3)

(1164.0)

Sodium (mg)

< 1900

< 2200

     

   3-day average

  

3450.7

3083.0

3165.0

3687.8

3565.9

   

(913.2)

(750.9)

(330.6)

(1050.7)

(1021.4)

   Weekday

  

3372.1

3100.0

3180.7

3698.0

3251.0

   

(994.8)

(881.8)

(357.7)

(1227.5)

(981.2)

   Weekend day

  

3553.5

3049.0

3042.9

3561.5

4195.7

   

(1695.0)

(1074)

(1198.7)

(1934.2)

(1881.8)

Vitamin C (mg)

25

45

     

   3-day average

  

101.1

114.2

92.7

87.8

113.7

   

(52.7)

(64.6)

(55.9)

(36.8)

(59.4)

   Weekday

  

110.5

124.7

105.1

93.8

122.6

   

(63.8)

(72.2)

(69.2)

(57.4)

(64.2)

   Weekend day

  

81.4

93.3

62.2

78.9

95.8

   

(70.4)b2

(98.6)

(56.8)

(52.8)

(82.0)

Fat (percent of calories)

25-35

25-35

     

   3-day average

  

34.0

32.2

33.0

35.3

34.2

   

(4.1)

(4.4)

(3.8)

(4.5)

(3.2)

   Weekday

  

32.5

30.3

32.9

33.4

32.7

   

(4.2)

(3.2)

(5.3)

(4.4)

(3.7)

   Weekend day

  

36.8

35.9

33.6

38.7

37.1

   

(7.8)b3

(10.1)

(4.0)

(9.7)

(4.9)b1

Added sugars (percent of calories)

       

   3-day averagec1

  

15.0

11.8

16.5

13.0

18.7

   

(5.5)

(2.8)

(5.3)

(4.5)

(6.0)

   Weekdayc1

  

14.8

11.1

15.3

13.5

18.7

   

(6.3)

(4.1)

(5.2)

(6.0)

(7.0)

   Weekend day

  

15.5

13.5

20.0

12.1

18.3

   

(7.7)

(4.7)

(9.0)

(6.7)

(7.9)

Saturated fat (percent of calories)

< 10

< 10

     

   3-day average

  

12.6

11.4

12.8

12.8

12.8

   

(2.0)

(2.0)

(1.4)

(2.2)

(1.9)

   Weekday

  

12.3

11.4

13.1

12.5

12.0

   

(2.2)

(1.7)

(2.3)

(2.4)

(2.2)

   Weekend day

  

13.2

11.4

13.1

13.4

14.2

   

(4.2)

(3.8)

(3.8)

(4.7)

(3.8)

  1. Dietary Recommendations for children from USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, available at http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/consumer/archives/percentDV.htm
  2. a Nutrient intake reported as mean (SD)
  3. b Comparison of weekday and weekend day nutrient intake by level of food security, using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test
  4. c Test for trend across ordered groups of food security
  5. Level of statistical significance: 1 p < 0.05 2 p < 0.01 3 p < 0.001
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