Table 2 Consumption of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating food groups in children (n = 60) aged two and three years in the Women and Their Children’s Health (WATCH) Study

From: Dietary intake and food sources of one-carbon metabolism nutrients in preschool aged children

  

Daily mean servings per day ± SD

Proportion meeting the recommended daily servings, n (%)

AGHE food group

Daily recommended servings

2 years n = 40

3 years n = 30

Combined n = 60

2 years n = 40

3 years n = 30

Combined n = 60

Grains

4

1.9 ± 0.7*

1.8 ± 0.7*

1.9 ± 0.7*

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Vegetables

2.5

1.4 ± 1.0*

1.3 ± 0.8*

1.4 ± 0.9*

5 (13)

1 (3)

6 (9)

Fruit (excl. juice)

1

1.3 ± 0.8

1.6 ± 1.2

1.4 ± 1.0*

24 (60)

20 (67)

44 (63)

Fruit (incl. juice)

1

1.8 ± 0.9*

2.1 ± 1.3*

1.9 ± 1.1*

34 (85)

25 (87)

59 (84)

Dairy and alternatives

1.5

2.3 ± 1.1*

2.2 ± 1.7

2.2 ± 1.4*

29 (73)

20 (67)

49 (70)

Meat and alternatives

1

0.7 ± 0.3*

0.8 ± 0.4*

0.7 ± 0.3*

4 (10)

8 (27)

12 (17)

Discretionary foods

0–1

2.0 ± 1.1*

2.7 ± 1.9*

2.3 ± 1.5*

6 (15)

6 (20)

12 (17)

  1. Statistically significant difference compared with the AGHE recommended servings per day: * p < 0.0197
  2. AGHE Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, excl excluding; incl, including; n, number of children, SD standard deviation
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