Table 5.
Consumption (percentage consuming; mean intake in servings/d and 95 % confidence interval) of total MPD, core dairy foods, alternate dairy sources and dairy substitutes, presented by age and sex†
| 2–3 years (n 1071) | 4–8 years (n 1216) | 9–13 years (n 1110) | 14–16 years (n 1090) | Post hoc comparisons (mean servings/d, consumers only)‡ | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy food groups | % consuming | All | Consumers only | % consuming | All | Consumers only | % consuming | All | Consumers only | % consuming | All | Consumers only | Age × gender (interaction) | Gender (main effect) | Age group (main effect) |
| Total MPD | I2*, I3*, I4** | M>F** | M1**, M2**, | ||||||||||||
| Males | 99·1 | 94·9 | 92·0 | 94·2 | M3** | ||||||||||
| Mean servings/d | 2·1 | 2·1 | 1·7 | 1·9 | 1·9 | 2·2 | 2·2 | 2·5 | |||||||
| 95 % CI | 1·9, 2·2 | 2·0, 2·3 | 1·6, 1·8 | 1·8, 2·0 | 1·7, 2·0 | 2·1, 2·3 | 2·0, 2·4 | 2·3, 2·7 | |||||||
| Females | 99·2 | 94·5 | 92·2 | 90·4 | |||||||||||
| Mean servings/d | 1·9 | 2·0 | 1·5 | 1·7 | 1·5 | 1·7 | 1·4 | 1·7 | |||||||
| 95 % CI | 1·8, 2·1 | 1·8, 2·1 | 1·4, 1·6 | 1·6, 1·8 | 1·4, 1·6 | 1·7, 1·8 | 1·3, 1·5 | 1·6, 1·8 | |||||||
| Core dairy foods | I2*, I3*, I4** | M>F** | M1**, M2**, | ||||||||||||
| Males | 96·7 | 89·4 | 84·8 | 85·7 | M3** | ||||||||||
| Mean servings/d | 1·8 | 2·0 | 1·4 | 1·7 | 1·3 | 1·8 | 1·5 | 2·1 | |||||||
| 95 % CI | 1·7, 2·0 | 1·8, 2·1 | 1·3, 1·5 | 1·6, 1·8 | 1·2, 1·4 | 1·7, 2·0 | 1·4, 1·7 | 1·9, 2·2 | |||||||
| Females | 96·4 | 86·9 | 82·7 | 78·9 | |||||||||||
| Mean servings/d | 1·7 | 1·8 | 1·1 | 1·5 | 1·0 | 1·5 | 0·9 | 1·5 | |||||||
| 95 % CI | 1·5, 1·9 | 1·7, 2·0 | 1·0, 1·2 | 1·4, 1·6 | 0·9, 1·1 | 1·4, 1·6 | 0·8, 1·0 | 1·3, 1·6 | |||||||
| Alternate dairy sources | NS | NS | M1**, M2**, M3**, M4**, | ||||||||||||
| Males | 34·7 | 46·9 | 49·7 | 52·2 | M5** | ||||||||||
| Mean servings/d | 0·04 | 0·4 | 0·11 | 0·5 | 0·20 | 0·8 | 0·26 | 1·0 | |||||||
| 95 % CI | 0·03, 0·06 | 0·3, 0·4 | 0·1, 0·13 | 0·5, 0·6 | 0·17, 0·23 | 0·7, 0·9 | 0·21, 0·31 | 0·9, 1·1 | |||||||
| Females | 38·0 | 48·7 | 52·9 | 45·1 | |||||||||||
| Mean servings/d | 0·05 | 0·3 | 0·11 | 0·5 | 0·18 | 0·6 | 0·15 | 0·7 | |||||||
| 95 % CI | 0·03, 0·07 | 0·3, 0·4 | 0·09, 0·13 | 0·4, 0·5 | 0·15, 0·21 | 0·6, 0·7 | 0·12, 0·19 | 0·7, 0·8 | |||||||
| Dairy substitutes§ | NS | NS | NS | ||||||||||||
| Males | 5·6 | 2·3 | 2·3 | 1·7 | |||||||||||
| Mean servings/d | – | 1·1 | – | 1·1 | – | 1·1 | – | 1·7 | |||||||
| 95 % CI | – | 0·6, 1·7 | – | 0·8, 1·4 | – | 0·9, 1·4 | – | 0·6, 3·2 | |||||||
| Females | 4·9 | 4·0 | 2·4 | 2·4 | |||||||||||
| Mean servings/d | – | 0·7 | – | 1·1 | – | 0·7 | – | 0·9 | |||||||
| 95 % CI | – | 0·3, 1·1 | – | 0·8, 1·4 | – | 0·5, 0·9 | – | 0·4, 1·6 | |||||||
MPD, milk products and dishes.
P ≤ 0·01, **P ≤ 0·001.
For children aged 2–16 years using population-weighted, 1 d data from the 2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey.
Logistic regression was used to test for differences between groups. Age × gender interaction post hoc contrasts: I1, 2–3-year-old males v. females; I2, 4–8-year-old males v. females; I3, 9–13-year-old males v. females; I4, 14–16-year-old males v. females. Gender main effect post hoc contrasts: M, males; F, females. Age group main effect post hoc contrasts: M1, 2–3-year-olds v. 4–8-year-olds; M2, 2–3-year-olds v. 9–13-year-olds; M3, 2–3-year-olds v. 14–16-year-olds; M4, 4–8-year-olds v. 9–13-year-olds; M5, 4–8-year-olds v. 14–16-year-olds; M6, 9–13-year-olds v. 14–16-year-olds. NS, no significant post hoc comparisons.
The small number of consumers resulted in very small per capita mean values.