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Table 3 Comparison amount (g) consumed of food groups during lunch of primary schoolchildren based on place of consumption as reported in the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey (2012–2014)

From: 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

 

Place of consumption

Food groups

Median (g)

U

z

p

At home

(n = 185)

At school

(n = 178)

Bread and cereal products

70.0

70.0

14,954.5

−1.02

0.309

Butter and margarine

9.0

8.0

7595.5

−1.22

0.224

Meat products

16.0

16.5

4061.0

−.83

0.409

Cheese

18.0

15.4

1553.5

−.38

0.705

Other toppings and spreads

18.1

14.2

3245.5

−2.19

0.029*

Milk and other dairy products

190.8

206.0

2337.0

−1.80

0.072

Drinks

200.0

206.0

4534.0

−1.97

0.049*

Vegetables

39.7

25.8

57.5

−1.12

0.265

Fruit/fruit products

82.2

67.3

71.5

−1.35

0.177

Snacks

19.0

12.5

666.5

−1.93

0.054

  1. Mann-Whitney U-analysis. *p ≤ 0.05