Table 1 Individual components of the Breakfast Quality Index (BQI) and distribution of adult participants from the INHES study scoring 1 point for each component across BQI categories
Categories of BQI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total population | Low (0–3 points) | Medium (4–6 points) | High (≥ 7 points) | p-value | |
N of participants (%) | 7673 (100) | 1061 (13.8) | 6190 (80.7) | 422 (5.5) | |
BQI (mean ± SD) | 4.65 ± 1.13 | 2.91 ± 0.28 | 4.76 ± 0.72 | 7.34 ± 0.67 | < 0.0001 |
Cereals and derivatives consumption | 79.1 | 32.5 | 85.7 | 98.8 | < 0.0001 |
Fruit or Vegetables consumption | 6.9 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 42.2 | < 0.0001 |
Dairy products consumption | 68.7 | 33.0 | 72.8 | 99.3 | |
Cereal, Fruit or Vegetables and Dairy products consumption in the same meal | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 40.3 | < 0.0001 |
Compliance with energy intake recommendations (15-25% of total daily energy) | 20.8 | 2.1 | 20.1 | 78.2 | < 0.0001 |
Free sugar content (< 10% total daily energy divided by the number of daily eating occasion of the individual) | 82.1 | 40.1 | 88.4 | 94.3 | < 0.0001 |
Calcium content (≥ 20% of daily value) | 18.1 | 0.9 | 16.6 | 82.5 | < 0.0001 |
Saturated fat content (< 10% total daily energy divided by the number of daily eating occasion of the individual) | 88.7 | 85.7 | 89.0 | 91.7 | 0.001 |
Total fibre content (> 25 g divided by the number of daily eating occasion of the individual) | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 12.8 | < 0.0001 |
Sodium content (< 2000 mg divided by the number of daily eating occasions of the individual) | 96.2 | 95.2 | 96.5 | 94.8 | 0.034 |