Table 2.
Vegetable* consumption at reported eating occasions
| Reported eating occasion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast (n 2569) | Lunch (n 2569) | Dinner (n 2696) | Snack (n 2101) | ||
| Prevalence of children that consumed vegetables, N | 129 | 961 | 2033 | 195 | |
| Per capita | Percentage of children who consumed vegetables (%) | 4·6 | 34·2 | 72·3 | 6·9 |
| 95% CI | 3·8, 5·3 | 32·4, 35·9 | 70·6, 73·9 | 6·0, 7·9 | |
| Vegetable servings/d, mean | 0·1 | 0·3 | 1·2 | 0·1 | |
| sd | 0·4 | 0·8 | 1·5 | 0·4 | |
| Per consumer of the REO | Percentage of children who consumed vegetables (%) | 5·0 | 37·4 | 75·4 | 9·3 |
| 95% CI | 4·2, 5·8 | 35·5, 39·3 | 73·7, 77·0 | 8·1, 10·5 | |
| Vegetable servings/d, mean | 0·1 | 0·4 | 1·3 | 0·1 | |
| sd | 0·4 | 0·8 | 1·5 | 0·5 | |
| Per vegetable consumer at the REO | Vegetable servings/d, mean | 1·2 | 1·0 | 1·7 | 1·0 |
| sd | 1·2 | 1·1 | 1·5 | 1·1 | |
REO, reported eating occasion.
*Refers to ‘vegetables and legumes/beans’ as defined by the Australian Dietary Guidelines, and includes potatoes but excludes discretionary vegetables( 14 ).