Table 4 |
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Food and nutrient intakes by preschool children consuming two test breakfast meals differing in GL and lunch meals1, 2 |
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Macronutrient3 |
LGL |
HGL |
P-value4 |
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Breakfast |
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GL5 |
2.5 ± 0.9 |
23.1 ± 8.6 |
<0.001 |
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Quantity of food, g |
154 ± 54 |
150 ± 51 |
NS |
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Energy, kcal |
104 ± 39 |
165 ± 55 |
<0.001 |
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Energy density, kcal/g |
0.7 ± 0.1 |
1.1 ± 0.2 |
0.001 |
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Carbohydrate, g (%) |
6.6 ± 2.2 (25) |
32 ± 11 (78) |
<0.001 |
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Protein, g (%) |
8.8 ± 3.7 (34) |
4.6 ± 1.8 (11) |
0.001 |
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Fat, g (%) |
4.6 ± 2.0 (40) |
3.0 ± 1.4 (16) |
0.003 |
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Fiber, g (g/1000 kcal) |
0.6 ± 0.4 (5.8) |
1.7 ± 0.8 (10.3) |
<0.001 |
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Lunch |
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Quantity of food, g |
349 ± 113 |
359 ± 106 |
NS |
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Energy, kcal |
404 ± 171 |
395 ± 123 |
NS |
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Energy density, kcal/g |
1.1 ± 0.2 |
1.1 ± 0.2 |
NS |
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1Abbreviations: Abbreviations: GL, glycemic load; HGL, high-glycemic load; LGL, low-glycemic load; NS, non-significant (P > 0.05) 2Values are mean ± standard deviation and percentages in parentheses 3According to the USDA nutrient database 4Comparison between LGL and HGL test breakfasts. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. t-test was used only for GL because of normality if the data. 5GL, calculated as [GI × carbohydrate (g)]/100 |
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LaCombe and Ganji Nutrition Journal 2010 9:53 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-53 |
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