Table 3.
Vegetable* intake by the frequency of consumption
| Number of vegetable eating occasions† | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All vegetable consumers | 1 | 2 | 3+ | ||||||
| Mean or median | sd or 95% CI or IQR | Mean or median | sd or 95% CI or IQR | Mean or median | sd or 95% CI or IQR | Mean or median | sd or 95% CI or IQR | P value‡ | |
| Prevalence of children, N | 2334 | 1322 | 807 | 208 | |||||
| Percentage of vegetable consumers | 83·0 | 81·6, 84·4 | 47·0 | 28·7 | 7·4 | ||||
| Vegetable eating occasions/d | 1·5 | 0·7 | |||||||
| Vegetable eating occasions/d | 1 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Vegetable serves/d | 2·1 | 1·9 | 1·5 a | 1·5 | 2·6 b | 1·9 | 3·9 c | 3·0 | <0·001 |
| Percentage of children who met the ADG recommendations‡ | 7·9 | 6·9, 8·9 | 4·3 | 3·2, 5·4 | 12·9 | 10·6, 15·2 | 30·0 | 23·8, 36·3 | <0·001 |
| Number of distinct vegetable-dense§ food groups | 1·6 | 1·4 | 1·1 a | 1·1 | 2·1 b | 1·4 | 2·7 c | 1·4 | <0·001 |
| Percentage of children who consumed vegetables at each REO,% | |||||||||
| Breakfast | 5·5 | 4·6, 6·4 | 0·7 | 0·3, 1·2 | 6·7 | 5·0, 8·5 | 31·2 | 24·9, 37·5 | <0·001 |
| Lunch | 41·2 | 39·2, 43·2 | 13·3 | 11·5, 15·2 | 74·6 | 71·6, 77·6 | 88·5 | 84·1, 92·8 | <0·001 |
| Dinner | 87·1 | 85·7, 88·4 | 82·3 | 80·2, 84·3 | 92·4 | 90·5, 94·2 | 97·2 | 95·0, 99·5 | <0·001 |
| Morning tea | 3·7 | 3·0, 4·5 | 0·3 | 0·0, 0·7 | 5·1 | 3·6, 6·6 | 19·9 | 14·5, 25·4 | <0·001 |
| Afternoon tea | 4·0 | 3·2, 4·8 | 0·6 | 0·2, 1·0 | 3·6 | 2·3, 4·9 | 27·6 | 21·5, 33·6 | <0·001 |
| Snack | 8·4 | 7·2, 9·5 | 1·8 | 1·1, 2·5 | 13·7 | 11·3, 16·0 | 29·4 | 23·2, 35·6 | <0·001 |
| Supper | 1·4 | 1·0, 1·9 | 0·5 | 0·1, 0·8 | 2·4 | 1·3, 3·4 | 3·8 | 1·2, 6·4 | <0·001 |
| Most popular vegetable-dense§ food groups (% consumers, mean servings) | |||||||||
| 1st | Other fruiting vegetables | 21·0, 0·9 | Potatoes | 20·1, 1·4 | Carrot and similar root vegetables | 28·0, 0·8 | Other fruiting vegetables | 39·4, 1·2 | |
| 2nd | Potatoes | 20·4, 1·4 | Other fruiting vegetables | 14·1, 1·0 | Other fruiting vegetables | 27·7, 0·8 | Carrot and similar root vegetables | 37·4, 0·8 | |
| 3rd | Carrot and similar root vegetables | 20·2, 0·9 | Carrot and similar root vegetables | 12·8, 1·0 | Leaf and stalk vegetables | 27·3, 0·3 | Tomato and tomato products | 37·1, 0·9 | |
ADG, Australian Dietary Guidelines; IQR, interquartile range; REO, reported eating occasion.
Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0·001, post hoc Bonferroni).
Refers to ‘vegetables and legumes/beans’ as defined by the Australian Dietary Guidelines, and includes potatoes but excludes discretionary vegetables( 14 ).
An eating occasion is defined as the consumption of one or more foods or beverages at the same time with the same reported eating occasion.
P values compare number of eating occasions, using one-way ANOVA for means and Chi-square tests for prevalence.
Vegetable-dense refers to sub-major food groups with more than 50% vegetable by weight.