Table 5.

Food Group Intakes

	Recommended # of Servings a		# of Servings b			% Meeting Recommendations
	Age 2–6	Older Children	Age 5	Age 7	Age 9	Age 5	Age 7	Age 9
Grains	6	9	5.2 ± 1.6 ‡	5.6 ± 1.5 δ	6.1 ± 1.7 ψ	23	1	7*
Vegetables	3	4	1.5 ± 1.1 ‡	1.7 ± 1.0 δ	1.9 ± 0.9 δ	8	2	3*
Fruit	2	3	1.5 ± 1.2 ‡	1.4 ± 1.3 ‡	1.3 ± 1.1 ‡	27	8	7*
Dairy	2	2–3	2.7 ± 1.4 ‡	2.9 ± 1.3 ‡	2.9 ± 1.3 ‡	69	73	36*
Meat	2	2	1.3 ± 0.7 ‡	1.3 ± 0.6 ‡δ	1.5 ± 0.6 δ	13	13	20
Fats and Sweets	N/A	N/A	5.0 ± 2.8 ‡	5.2 ± 2.5 ‡	5.4 ± 2.6 ‡	N/A	N/A	N/A

^a Recommendations are from the Food Guide Pyramid [12]. ^b Mean ± SD; values with different symbols are significantly different at p < 0.0001, except for meat at p < 0.01 * Significant decrease from age 5 to age 9 at p < 0.0001, except for vegetables at p < 0.01