. 2014 May 28;14:517. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-517

Table 2.

Significant changes in median portion size (grams) of commonly consumed foods between 1995 and 2007

Food	2-4 years			5-8 years			9-12 years			13-16 years			2-16 years
	Female	Male	Persons	Female	Male	Persons	Female	Male	Persons	Female	Male	Persons	Persons
Drinks
Soft drink	-45^b	-48^c	-44^c	-	-	-	-50^a	-	-23^a	-	-	-	-
Water	-320^c	-300^c	-312^c	-270^c	-250^c	-250^c	-450^c	-500^c	-500^c	-475^c	-450^c	-450^c	-250^d
Fruit juice	-62^c	-62^c	-62^c	0^↓b	-	0^↓a	0^↓c	-	-21^b	-1^a	-	-1^a	-3^d
Tea/Coffee	-	-	-	-	-	-54^a	-14^c	-14^b	-14^b	-14^c	-	-14^b	-14^d
Dairy foods
Whole milk	-31^b	-29^c	-39^c	-	-	-17^b	-	-1^b	-21^a	77^a	-	0^↑a	-12.9^d
Reduced fat milk	0^↓a	-125^c	-65^c	-39^a	-66^c	-25^c	-1^a	-23^a	-53^b	-	-	-	-14.5^d
Skim milk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-22^a	-65^b	-	-	-	-73.3^d
Flavored milk	-67^a	-	-45^a	-	-	-8^b	-	-	-	-	-	-	-24^d
Ice cream	-13^b	-14^c	-15^c	-37^c	-40^c	-36^c	-	-34^a	-	-	-66^b	-16^b	-21^a
Yoghurt cheese	-25^a	-	-	-	-42^a	-50^a	-107^c	-100^b	-100^c	-	-	-	-50^d
Yoghurt cheese	-	1^a	0^↑a	1^b	1^a	1^c	1^a	-	0^↑b	1^a	9^b	2^c	1 ^d
Cheese spread	-9^b	-8^c	-8^c	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-8^d
Breads and cereals
White bread	-11^b	-12^b	-9^c	-	-	-	-	0^↓a	-	-	-	-	-
Wholemeal Bread	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10^a	-	10^a	-
Mixed grain bread	-	-	-	-	22^c	12^a	-	-	-	12^a	0^↑a	2^a	8^b
Breakfast cereal	-	-	-4^a	-	-	-	-	-15^a	-	-	-	-	-6.5^d
Hot porridge	-	-65^b	-70^c	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-135^d
English muffins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34^b	7^b	5^a
Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-32^a	-	0^↓a	-	-	-	-46^b
Sweets and snacks
Cake	-5^a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9^a	-	-	-
Sweet pastries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-23^a	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sweet biscuits	-	-	-	6^b	-	4^b	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chocolate/Cream biscuits	-	-	-	-	-	-	9^c	-	3^a	-	-7^a	-10^b	-
Muesli bars	-	-	-	-	0^↑a	0^↑a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Main meals
Mince	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42^a	-58^a	-	-	-
Fresh cooked chicken	-	-	-	-	-	5^a	-	-	16^a	34^a	-		8.5^d
Mixed chicken dish	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-98^a	-	-	-	125^d
Crumbed chicken	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58^a	37^a	-	58^c	28^b	18^b
Fresh cooked meat	-	-	-	-	-	-	28^a	15^b	23^c	-	-	-	8^a
Fish	23^c	22^a	23^c	11^a	24^b	13^c	-	-	-	-	-	-	37.1^b
Sausages	-	-	-	0^↓a	-	-1^b	-	-	-	-	-	-	-1^b
Pizza	-	-	-	44^a	-	-	-	47^a	-	69^c	125^c	83^c	50^d
Packaged snacks & other foods
Chips (not potato)	-	-4^a	-3^b	-	-	-	16^c	-	16^c	-	-	-	-
Potato crisps	-5^a	-4^a	-4^c	-4^c	-	-4^c	-4^b	-4^a	-4^c	-4^a	-	-4^b	-4^d
Chocolate	-3^a	-5^a	-4^b	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-10^a	-
Tomato sauce	-	-	-	-	5^b	3^b	2^a	-	-	11^c	0^↑a	9^c	2^d
Lollies	-	-	-	-	-	-	2^a	-	1^a	-	-	-	1^c
Ice block (creamy)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-9^b	-	-10^b	-	-	-	-12.5^d
Jam/Honey	-	-	-	-	-	-	5^a	-	3^a	6^b	-	3^b	4.0^d
Peanut butter	-	-	-	-	-	-	2^b	8^c	3^c	-	-	-	2.5^a
Luncheon meats	10^a	-	-	11^b	-	10^a	17^a	7^a	13^c	-	-	-	-
Bacon/Ham	5^b	7^a	7^c	9^c	7^a	6^c	3^b	4^a	4^c	5^a	-	3^a	2.3^d
Egg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-24^a	-	-7^b
Fruit & vegetables
Hot chips	-	-15^b	-15^b	-25^c	-23^b	-25^c	-	-40^c	-24^c	-	-	-	0
Potato	-	-	-2^a	-41^a	-	-18^b	-16^c	-17^a	-14^c	-	-	-	-30^d
Green beans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-21^a	-	-
Peas	-14^a	-8^a	-12^c	-20^a	-18^b	-20^c	-26^b	-19^a	-20^c	-	-33^a	-12^a	-16.8^d
Broccoli	-	-21^b	-	-	-19^a	-	-35^a	-	-2^a	-	-	-18^a	-15.8^d
Carrot	-	-	-	-6^a	-	-	-	-10^a	-	-	-	-	-0.2^c
Cauliflower	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17^a	-	-	-	-	9^a
Corn	-	-	-	-	-	-17^a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Capsicum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8^a	7^a	-	-	-	-
Eggplant/Zucchini	-	12^a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tomato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15^b	-	12^b	7.5^b
Lettuce	-	-2^a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2^c	-	1^a	-
Onion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-8^b	-4^b	-	-11^b	-9^c	-6. 2^d
Canned fruit	-	-	-50^a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-55^c
Apple	-	-	-	-	-	21^a	-	-	-	26^b	26^c	26^c	6^a
Orange	-	-	-	-	-45^a	-15^a	-30^a	-	-15^a	-	-	-32^a	-15^c
Banana	17^a	4^a	11^b	25^c	25^c	25^c	-	-	19^a	15^b	19^b	19^c	5^d
Seasonal fruit
Berries/Grapes	-	-27^a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melon	-	-174^a	-75^a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Positive values imply that portion size increased across the time period whereas negative values imply a reduction in portion size of the given food occurred.

- Indicates no significant change in portion size occurred.

^ap value <0.05.

^bp value <0.01.

^cp value <0.001.

^dp value <0.0001.

0^↑ Change in median portion size was 0, however the Mann Whitney U test found a significant increase in portion size distributions in 2007, when compared to 1995.

0^↓ Change in median portion size was 0, however the Mann Whitney U test found a significant reduction in portion size distributions in 2007, when compared to 1995.