This section describes participating children's average consumption of food energy and nutrients over 24 hours, and the relative contribution of CACFP meals and snacks to total intakes. It begins with a description of the sample children and their households, overall and for the three types of CACFP care (i.e., family child care homes, Head Start centers, and child care centers). Because there are some important differences in the characteristics of participants and their families, dietary data are also presented by type of CACFP care. The analyses suggest that, on average, total daily intakes of children participating in the CACFP meet recommendations for food energy and most dietary components. They also suggest that CACFP meals and snacks make a positive contribution to total dietary intake, but may benefit from changes to lower the fat, especially saturated fat, and sodium in foods offered and served to children. (author abstract)