Table 4.

Tracking of the breakfast intakes of food groups and selected nutrients over time of children (aged 1.5-5.0 years) in the Melbourne Infant Feeding Activity and Nutrition Trial (InFANT) Program.

	1.5 years vs 3.5 years	1.5 years vs 5.0 years	3.5 years vs 5.0 years
	r a	r	r
Food groups
Grains (g)	0.16*	0.23**	0.48***
Wholegrains (g)	0.30***	0.22***	0.06
Milk/alternatives (g)	0.44***	0.33***	0.41***
Fruit (g)	0.41***	0.07	0.50***
Meat/alternatives (g)	-0.04	-0.49***	-0.21**
Discretionary foods (kJ)	0.30***	0.30***	0.28***
Nutrients
Energy (kJ)	0.25**	0.18*	0.31***
Protein (g)	0.23**	0.16*	0.29***
Carbohydrate (g)	0.26**	0.18*	0.32***
Total fat (g)	0.24**	0.18*	0.30***
Fibre (g)	0.26**	0.17*	0.31***
Saturated fat (g)	0.23**	0.15	0.28***
Total sugars (g)	0.22**	0.17*	0.31***
Iron (mg)	0.26***	0.21**	0.60***
Calcium (mg)	0.23**	0.15	0.28***
Vitamin C (mg)	0.21**	0.42***	0.17*
Folate (ug DFE)	0.24**	0.15	0.29***
Potassium (mg)	0.24**	0.16*	0.29***
Sodium (mg)	0.24**	0.14	0.29***
Zinc (mg)	0.25**	0.15	0.28***

^aPearson correlation of linear regression predicted residuals of food groups and nutrients at 1.5, 3.5, 5.0 years using age, gender, energy intake as covariates; <0.3 for slight tracking, 0.3-0.6 for moderate tracking, >0.6 for high tracking, consistent with previous approach (43). *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.