Social support and dairy products intake among adolescents: a study from Iran

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Distribution and comparison of daily and recommended intake of milk and dairy products by gender

	All (n = 402)	Girls (n = 207)	Boys (n = 195)	P-value^*
Milk and dairy products intake^a
Mean (SD)	1.64 (0.78)	1.64 (0.86)	1.63 (0.70)	0.833
Frequency (%) for recommended intake of daily milk and dairy products (≥3 serving/d)	57 (14.2)	39 (18.8)	18 (9.2)	0.006
Sweet food intake^b
Mean (SD)	3.13 (1.22)	3.01 (1.27)	3.23 (1.11)	0.064

^*Derived from t-test
^aOne serving of the milk and dairy products is equal to a 200^cccup of all types of milks (whole, low fat, skim, cocoa and chocolate), yogurt (plain and whole), yogurt (concentrated and creamy), 2 cup of yogurt drink, cheese (plain and creamy), and one tablespoon dried or thick yogurt, and half of cup of ice cream (plain and high fat traditional)
^bAll sweet foods were measured by the domestic scales that adapted for standard portion sizes [8]. One serving of each sweet beverages, soft drinks, beer (non-alcoholic), syrup is equal to a cup; simple sugar a teaspoon; honey and jams a tablespoon; plain cake, chocolates, pastries (non-crème and creamy) a slice; cubed sugar, yazdi cake, all biscuits other than those made from whole grain, gaz, sohan a number; crème caramel, domestic halvah a tablespoon and non-domestic halvah a pocket (adapted from [30])

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