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Table 1 Familiarity, energy density (ED) and portion size of the healthy and unhealthy foods served in the buffet

From: Do hedonic- versus nutrition-based attitudes toward food predict food choices? a cross-sectional study of 6- to 11-year-olds

 

Children who had tried the food (%) (pretest: n = 61)

ED (kcal/100 g)

Portion weight (g)

Portion energy (kcal)

Red apple

100

53.2

30 ± 1

16 ± 0.5

Banana

100

93.6

30 ± 1

28 ± 0.9

Kiwi

93

57.7

30 ± 1

17 ± 0.6

Applesauce

100

54.0

40 ± 1

22 ± 0.5

Strawberries

100

28.5

30 ± 1

9 ± 0.3

Donuts

90

400

22 ± 1

88 ± 4.0

Chocolate cake

100

430

15 ± 1

65 ± 4.3

Smarties®

93

464

15 ± 1

70 ± 4.6

Kinder Bueno®

100

572

11 ± 1

63 ± 5.7

Gold Bears®

100

345

21 ± 1

72 ± 3.5

  1. Values are shown as the means ± SD. Energy density was obtained from the French food composition database [42] or from the food packaging when available