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Table 8 Energy (calories per capita per day) from discretionary dietary sources (desserts, sweet foods, sweetened beverages, and fried salty snacks) among children 6–47 months: FITS 2008 (n = 2891)

From: Early development of dietary patterns: transitions in the contribution of food groups to total energy—Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, 2008

Age groups:

6–8.9 months

n = 249

9–11.9 months

n = 256

12–14.9 months

n = 243

15–17.9 months

n = 251

18–20.9 months

n = 219

21–23.9 months

n = 212

24–47.9 months

n = 1461

 

Kcal/d

Any Type of Dessert, Sweet, or Sweetened Beverage, Salty Snacksa

10

47

90

122

150

162

222

Any Type of Dessert, Sweet, or Sweetened Beverageb

10

46

83

109

137

145

196

 Desserts and candy

8

29

64

78

93

104

131

 Cakes, pies, cookies, and pastries

5

17

51

61

52

53

82

  Cookies

3

11

22

33

22

33

40

  Cake

0

4

6

4

8

3

14

  Pies and pastries

0

0

15

4

5

11

10

  Sweet rolls, doughnuts, muffins

1

2

7

21

16

5

19

 Ice cream, frozen yogurt, pudding

0

2

7

9

21

22

19

 Other desserts

0

1

1

1

4

4

6

 Candy

0

0

4

8

16

25

24

 Other Sweetsc

0

2

3

6

8

6

13

Baby food desserts

3

10

2

0

1

0

0

Sweetened Beverages

2

15

15

25

36

34

52

 Carbonated sodas

0

1

1

1

2

7

5

 Fruit-flavored drinks

2

10

13

22

22

20

41

Fried salty snacksd

0

1

7

13

15

17

26

  1. aThe mean energy at the Total Fruits level may include food sub-categories that were consumed in small quantities and are not displayed separately. Food sub-categories displayed may not be mutually exclusive
  2. bIncludes desserts and candy (including all sub-categories), ice cream, frozen yogurt, puddings, other desserts, candy and other sweets
  3. cIncludes milk flavorings, sugar, syrups and preserves
  4. dIncludes potato chips, popcorn, cheese curls/puffs, tortilla chips, and other types of chips and salty snacks. Note: it does not include crackers, pretzels and rice cakes which can be found with Grains and Grain Products in Table 3