Table 1.
Vegetable* intake by age group and sex
| Sample size, n | Percentage of children who consumed vegetables (%) | Vegetable servings/d | ADG vegetable serves recommendation | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per capita | Per consumer | Target | Percentage of children who met target (%) | |||||||||||
| Median | 95% CI | Mean | sd | Median | IQR | Mean | sd | Median | IQR | Median | 95% CI | |||
| All children | ||||||||||||||
| 2–18 years | 2812 | 83·0 | 81·6, 84·4 | 1·8 | 1·9 | 1·2 | 0·3–2·5 | 2·1 | 1·9 | 1·6 | 0·7–2·8 | 2·5–5·5 | 7·9 | 6·9, 8·9 |
| 2–3 years | 331 | 82·3 | 78·2, 86·4 | 1·3 | 1·5 | 0·8 | 0·2–1·8 | 1·5 | 1·6 | 1·0 | 0·5–2·1 | 2·5 | 15·4 | 11·5, 19·3 |
| 4–8 years | 809 | 80·4 | 77·6, 83·1 | 1·5 | 1·7 | 1·1 | 0·2–2·2 | 1·9 | 1·6 | 1·5 | 0·7–2·6 | 4·5 | 5·9 | 4·3, 7·5 |
| 9–11 years | 511 | 83·2 | 80·0, 86·5 | 1·9 | 2·1 | 1·4 | 0·4–2·8 | 2·3 | 2·1 | 1·7 | 0·8–3·1 | 5·0 | 7·4 | 5·1, 9·7 |
| 12–13 years | 389 | 86·0 | 82·6, 89·5 | 1·8 | 1·7 | 1·3 | 0·4–2·6 | 2·1 | 1·7 | 1·5 | 0·9–2·9 | 5·0–5·5 | 5·0 | 2·9, 7·2 |
| 14–18 years | 773 | 84·4 | 81·8, 86·9 | 2·1 | 2·3 | 1·5 | 0·4–2·9 | 2·5 | 2·3 | 1·9 | 0·9–3·3 | 5·0–5·5 | 8·7 | 6·7, 10·7 |
| Boys | ||||||||||||||
| 2–18 years | 1435 | 84·2 | 82·3, 86·1 | 1·9 | 2·1 | 1·3 | 0·4–2·7 | 2·2 | 2·1 | 1·6 | 0·7–3·0 | 2·5–5·5 | 9·4 | 7·9, 11·0 |
| 2–3 years | 172 | 84·8 | 79·5, 90·2 | 1·4 | 1·7 | 0·8 | 0·2–1·9 | 1·7 | 1·7 | 1·0 | 0·4–2·2 | 2·5 | 17·7 | 12·0, 23·4 |
| 4–8 years | 418 | 83·4 | 79·8, 86·9 | 1·7 | 1·8 | 1·2 | 0·3–2·5 | 2·1 | 1·8 | 1·6 | 0·7–2·8 | 4·5 | 9·3 | 6·5, 12·1 |
| 9–11 years | 257 | 80·5 | 75·7, 85·4 | 2·0 | 2·3 | 1·1 | 0·3–3·1 | 2·4 | 2·3 | 1·8 | 0·8–3·8 | 5 | 6·8 | 3·7, 9·9 |
| 12–13 years | 197 | 87·0 | 82·3, 91·7 | 1·9 | 1·9 | 1·3 | 0·7–2·8 | 2·2 | 1·8 | 1·5 | 0·9–3·1 | 5·5 | 6·8 | 3·3, 10·3 |
| 14–18 years | 389 | 85·9 | 82·4, 89·4 | 2·2 | 2·3 | 1·6 | 0·4–3·0 | 2·5 | 2·3 | 2·0 | 0·8–3·4 | 5·5 | 9·0 | 6·1, 11·8 |
| Girls | ||||||||||||||
| 2–18 years | 1377 | 81·7 | 79·7, 83·8 | 1·6 | 1·8 | 1·3 | 0·3–2·7 | 2·0 | 1·8 | 1·5 | 0·7–2·7 | 2·5–5 | 6·4 | 5·1, 7·7 |
| 2–3 years | 159 | 79·6 | 73·3, 85·9 | 1·1 | 1·3 | 0·7 | 0·2–1·6 | 1·4 | 1·4 | 1·0 | 0·5–2·0 | 2·5 | 12·9 | 7·7, 18·1 |
| 4–8 years | 391 | 77·2 | 73·0, 81·3 | 1·3 | 1·4 | 1·0 | 0·1–1·9 | 1·7 | 1·4 | 1·3 | 0·7–2·3 | 4·5 | 2·3 | 0·8, 3·7 |
| 9–11 years | 253 | 86·0 | 81·7, 90·2 | 1·9 | 1·9 | 1·4 | 0·6–2·7 | 2·2 | 1·9 | 1·7 | 0·9–2·8 | 5 | 8·0 | 4·7, 11·3 |
| 12–13 years | 192 | 85·1 | 80·0, 90·1 | 1·7 | 1·6 | 1·3 | 0·4–2·4 | 1·9 | 1·6 | 1·7 | 0·8–2·7 | 5 | 3·2 | 0·7, 5·7 |
| 14–18 years | 383 | 82·8 | 79·0, 86·6 | 2·0 | 2·2 | 1·3 | 0·4–2·8 | 2·4 | 2·2 | 1·7 | 0·9–3·3 | 5 | 8·4 | 5·6, 11·1 |
ADG, Australian Dietary Guidelines; IQR, inter-quartile range.
*
Refers to ‘vegetables and legumes/beans’ as defined by the Australian Dietary Guidelines, and includes potatoes but excludes discretionary vegetables( 14 ).