Associations between socioeconomic, parental and home environment factors and fruit and vegetable consumption of children in grades five and six in British Columbia, Canada

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for food group and energy intake of BC children in grades five and six (n = 597)

Recommended food group servings¹	Mean servings (SD)	Median	Range (servings)
Vegetables and fruit (6)	3.33 (2.42)	2.9	0 -10.5
Grain products (6)	5.97 (2.84)	5.6	0- 14.8
Milk & alternatives (3-4)	2.23 (1.56)	1.9	0- 6.58
Meat & alternatives (1-2)	1.74 (1.39)	1.5	0-6.1
Other	2.99 (2.46)	2.5	0-11
Energy (kcal)	1734 kcal (650)	1666 kcal	389 – 4148 kcal

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