What’s for lunch? The content and quality of lunches consumed by Dutch primary schoolchildren and the differences between lunches consumed at home and at school

Table 1 Characteristics of Dutch primary schoolchildren aged 4–12 in the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2012–2014 in total and separated by place of consumption (at home or at school)

	Total (n = 363)		Place of consumption
	Total (n = 363)		Home (n = 185)		School (n = 178)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Boys	182	50.1	105	56.8*	77	43.3*
Girls	181	49.9	80	43.2*	101	56.7*
Age (years)
4–6	121	33.3	67	36.2	54	30.3
7–9	128	35.3	65	35.1	63	35.4
10–12	114	31.4	53	28.6	61	34.3
Urbanization
Low	156	43.0	76	41.1	80	44.9
Moderate	76	20.9	42	22.7	34	19.1
High	131	36.1	67	36.2	64	36.0
Migration background
Western	338	93.1	174	94.1	164	92.1
Non-western	25	6.9	11	5.9	14	7.9
BMI categories
Normal	299	82.4	152	82.2	147	82.6
Overweight/ obese	64	17.7	33	17.8	31	17.4
Parents’ highest educational level
Low	38	10.5	17	9.2	21	11.8
Middle	149	41.0	84	45.4	65	36.5
High	176	48.5	84	45.4	92	51.7
Season of measurement
Spring	96	26.4	54	29.2	42	23.6
Summer	65	17.9	31	16.8	34	19.1
Autumn	102	28.1	49	26.5	53	29.8
Winter	100	27.5	51	27.6	49	27.5
Number of recalls
1	281	77.4	152	82.2	129	72.5
2	82	22.6	33	17.8	49	27.5
Day of consumption
Monday	62	17.1	26	14.1	36	20.2
Tuesday	92	25.3	38	20.5	54	30.3
Wednesday	64	17.6	52	28.1	12	6.7
Thursday	84	23.1	40	21.6	44	24.7
Friday	61	16.8	29	15.7	32	18.0

BMI Body mass index
*Statistically significant differences in percentage of boys and girls between the groups at home and at school (p ≤ 0.05)

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