Food intake at age 8. 2. Frequency, company and place of meals.
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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Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Adelaide Children's Hospital, South Australia.
Nichols
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Boulton
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D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D004777:Environment; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior