Food intake at age 8 2. Frequency, company and place of meals |
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Authors: | A MAGAREY J NICHOLS J BOULTON |
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Institution: | Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, The Adelaide Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia and Discipline of Paediatrics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
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Abstract: | In a sample of 141 healthy 8 year old children, over 95% had three main meals on each of the 4 days of the food record. Two-thirds had an afternoon snack and nearly one-half a morning snack on each of the 4 days, but only one-quarter had supper on each day. Seventy-one per cent of all meals were eaten at home with the family, 20% at school with friends, and less than 1% of meals were eaten at a restaurant or fast food outlet. These data show that amongst children of primary school age, take away sources of food make a very small contribution to the diet, and that eating habits at home are of greatest importance to the child's diet. |
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Keywords: | childhood dietary survey food habits nutrition |
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