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Table 7 Intakes of macronutrients and energy following interventiona

From: Fortified breakfast cereal consumed daily for 12 wk leads to a significant improvement in micronutrient intake and micronutrient status in adolescent girls: a randomised controlled trial

 

Unfortified cereal (n = 37)

Fortified cereal (n = 34)

 

Nutrient

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

P-valued

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Energy (kcals)

1665 (526)

1732 (377)

1695 (534)

1743 (329)

0.952

Fat (g)

63 (23)

62 (18)

67 (29)

58 (19)

0.269

Fat (% energy)

33 (6)

31 (5)*

33 (7)

29 (6)*

0.078

Protein (g)

59 (19)

70 (16)**

61 (20)

67 (17)

0.357

Carbohydrate (g)

210 (66)

230 (53)

214 (74)

242 (45)**

0.351

Carbohydrate (% energy)

48 (6)

51 (6)**

48 (7)

53 (6)**

0.063

Sugars (g)

82 (41)

81 (32)

87 (37)

92 (32)

0.173

Sugars (% energy)

18 (6)

18 (5)

20 (7)

20 (6)

0.086

NMESb (g)

61 (37)

55 (27)

63 (34)

63 (32)

0.273

Starch (g)

116 (32)

142 (32)**

115 (53)

137 (30)**

0.441

NSPc (g)

9 (3)

10 (3)

10 (4)

10 (3)

0.734

Alcohol (g)

11 (15)

4 (7)*

6 (8)

5 (8)

0.304

Alcohol (% energy)

4 (6)

2 (3)*

3 (4)

2 (3)*

0.359

  1. *significantly lower than value pre-intervention (paired t test; P < 0.05)
  2. **significantly higher than value pre-intervention (paired t test; P < 0.05)
  3. aenergy and nutrient intakes determined using 4-day estimated diet diaries, aided by the use of portion size booklets
  4. bnon-milk extrinsic sugars
  5. cNon-starch polysaccharides
  6. dsignificance of differences between cereal groups, corrected for baseline