Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Research Article

Meal Pattern in the Colombian Population: Results of the National Nutrition Survey. ENSIN, 2015

Table 6

Places where the main meals are made in the Colombian population (3 to 64 years, non-pregnant women). National Survey of Nutritional Situation in Colombia (ENSIN-2015).


Type of food Place where it takes place	3–4 y [3127]	5–12 y [6274]	13–17 y [7110]	18–64 y [9604]
Type of food Place where it takes place	Prevalence (95% CI)

Before breakfast
Home	96.0 (93.2, 97.6)	93.9 (91.3, 95.7)	94.6 (91.8, 96.5)	93.0 (90.0, 95.2)

Breakfast
Home	87.2 (84.2, 89.7)	85.8 (81.0, 89.5)	87.1 (84.9, 88.9)	87.6 (86.2, 88.9)
College/School/University	3.3(2.3, 4.9)	3.5 (2.8, 4.4)	3.3 (2.6, 4.0)	3.0 (2.4, 3.7)
Work	7.1 (5.2, 9.5)	8.7 (5.6, 13.1)	7.2 (5.9, 8.9)	7.0 (6.1, 8.2)
Family home or friend	1.0 (0.5, 1.9)	0.8 (0.5, 1.3)	0.7 (0.5, 1.1)	0.8 (0.6, 1.2)
Coffee shop	0.0 (0.0, 0.0)	0.1 (0.0, 0.5)	0.3 (0.1, 0.7)	0.3 (0.1, 0.6)
On the street (street stall)	0.5 (0.2, 1.4)	0.2 (0.1, 0.4)	0.3 (0.1, 7.4)	0.5 (0.3, 0.8)
Restaurant	0.5 (0.2, 1.1)	0.6 (0.3, 1.0)	0.6 (0.3, 1.0	0.3 (0.2, 0.5)

Mid-morning
Home	42.2 (37.1, 47.5)	41.1 (37.8, 44.6)	44.7 (39.0, 50.6)	41.9 (38.5, 45.3)
College/School/University	32.2 (27.3, 37.5)	34.9 (30.0, 40.2)	31.3 (27.1 35.8)	29.5 (26.7, 32.4)
Work	21.1 (15.7, 27.8)	17.6 (13.5, 22.7)	18.9 (15.1, 23.4)	22.3 (19.4, 25.5)
On the street (street stall)	1.6 (0.9, 2.7)	0.9 (0.5, 1.7)	1.4 (0.8, 2.4)	1.7 (1.0, 2.7)
Coffee shop	1.1 (0.5, 2.4)	1.4 (0.7, 2.5)	1.5 (0.8, 2.8)	1.2 (0.8, 1.9)
Family home or friend	0.6 (0.3, 1.3)	2.3 (0.8, 6.8)	0.6 (0.4, 1.0)	0.9 (0.6, 1.4)

Lunch
Home	74.5 (70.3, 78.2)	71.5 (65.4, 76.9)	74.8 (72.3, 77.0)	75.0 (72.6, 77.3)
Work	15.1 (11.7, 19.2)	15.6 (10.3, 23.0)	13.5 (11.5, 15.9)	12.2 (10.7, 13.9)
College/School/University	5.9 (4.2, 8.1)	7.2 (5.7, 9.0)	6.1 (4.8, 7.7)	6.0 (5.0, 7.3)
Restaurant	2.6 (1.7, 3.8)	2.0 (1.5, 2.7)	3.0 (2.2, 4.1)	3.8 (2.4, 6.1)
Family home or friend	1.1 (0.7, 1.7)	2.0 (1.0, 3.9)	1.5 (1.0, 2.1)	1.7 (1.3, 2.3)
Institutional program	0.5 (0.2, 1.0)	0.6 (0.4, 1.1)	0.6 (0.3, 1.4)	0.6 (0.4, 0.9)

Mid-afternoon
Home	72.3 (67.4, 76.8)	67.6 (63.1, 71.8)	69.8 (66.6, 72.9)	67.2 (64.2, 70.2)
Work	11.4 (8.2, 15.7)	14.4 (10.3, 19.1)	12.2 (9.8, 15.2)	14.2 (11.9, 16.7)
College/School/University	11.0 (9.2, 13.2)	11.1 (9.1, 13.6)	11.8 (10.0, 14.0)	12.2 (10.3, 14.4)
On the street (street stall)	2.4 (1.1, 5.3)	2.0 (1.1, 3.3)	1.2 (0.7, 1.8)	1.7 (1.2, 2.5)
Family home or friend	0.6 (0.3, 1.2)	1.7 (1.0, 3.0)	2.4 (1.7, 3.3)	1.5 (1.1, 2.3)
Coffee shop	1.0 (0.5, 2.0)	0.9 (0.5, 1.5)	1.2 (0.7, 2.0)	1.8 (1.0, 3.3)

Dinner
Home	96.9 (95.8, 97.8)	96.2 (94.7, 97.3)	96.5 (95.8, 97.2)	95.8 (94.8, 96.6)
College/School/University	0.2 (0.1, 0.6)	0.5 (0.2, 1.3)	0.4 (0.2, 0.7)	0.7 (0.3, 1.6)
Family home or friend	0.7 (0.3, 1.4)	1.2 (0.5, 3.1)	0.7 (0.4, 1.0)	1.0 (0.7, 1.5)
Work	1.5 (0.8, 2.7)	1.3 (0.9, 2.0)	1.9 (1.4, 2.6)	1.6 (1.2, 2.2)

After dinner
Home	94.8 (92.6, 96.3)	93.5 (91.2, 95.2)	93.3 (90.9, 95.1)	93.7 (91.3, 95.5)
Work	1.4 (0.5, 3.7)	3.4 (1.8, 6.5)	1.2 (0.6, 2.2)	0.8 (0.4, 1.8)
On the street (street stall)	3.1 (1.7, 5.4)	1.2 (0.7, 2.1)	2.9 (1.7, 4.9)	3.2 (1.8, 5.3)
Family home or friend	0.2 (0.0, 0.5)	1.1 (0.5, 2.3)	0.6 (0.3, 1.2)	0.5 (0.3, 1.0)

Based on FFQ.