title: Serve sizes and frequency of food consumption in Australian children aged 14 and 24 months.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the dietary intake of a sample of Australian children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three days (1×24 hour recall, 2×24 hour records) of dietary intake data were collected from 409 and 363 mother-child dyads (resident in Brisbane and South Australia) at 14 (T2) and 24 (T3) months of age respectively as part of the NOURISH and SAIDI studies. Data presented include foods consumed by ≥10% of children, number of consumers and median serve size.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirteen of 25 vegetables consumed by more than 10% of children at T2 were consumed by a lower proportion at T3 (9:1-5% less consumers; 4: 10-16% less). Eleven discretionary foods were consumed by greater than 10% of children at T2, and by T3, this number had almost doubled.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increased exposure to discretionary food and decreased exposure to vegetables is occurring in the transition toward family food, during a time of increasing independence and emerging neophobia. Implications for Public Health: The age-related decline in dietary quality is of concern, with potential concurrent impact on nutritional adequacy, development of food preferences and later eating patterns. Serve size data could be used to inform serve sizes for toddlers in future editions of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia.
authors.forename: Chelsea
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mauch
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia.
authors.forename: Anthea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magarey
authors.affiliation: School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, Institute Health Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia.|School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, Institute Health Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daniels
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D015930:Diet Records; D004034:Diet Surveys; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D064787:Portion Size; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013021:South Australia; D014675:Vegetables
keywords: children; dietary intake; serve sizes