Nutrient consumption and associated factors among school age children in Dewa Chefe District, northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 The mean daily nutrient intake of school age children in Dewa Cheffe District, Northeast Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 600)

Nutrients	Mean nutrient intake compared to RDA		% of children consumed nutrients ≥ EAR or RDA
Nutrients	RDA	Mean nutrient intake	% of children consumed nutrients ≥ EAR or RDA
Energy (kcal)	1690	1371.56 ± 172.47	71^a
Protein (g)	29.5	29.21 ± 6.51	99.0^b
Calcium (mg)	600	336.39 ± 90.56	56.0^b
Iron (mg)	16	15.76 ± 2.76	98.5^b
Vitamin C (mg)	40	14.14 ± 8.25	35.4^b
β-carotene (micro gram)	4800	213.6 ± 96.19	44.5^b
Thiamine (mg)	0.8	0.5 ± 0.13	62.5^b
Riboflavin (mg)	1.0	0.64 ± 0.4	64.0^b
Niacin (mg)	13	6.59 ± 0.91	50.7^b

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