Table 3 Daily food group consumption and the percentage of women achieving daily food group recommendations for adults 19-60 years in the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, for the young cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health by pregnancy status

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Food Group Intakes

Breads/cereals (g/d)

194

149-264

202

154-267

213***

158-282

201

150-272

202

151-273

Fruit (g/d)

245

143-383

308***

188-485

258

141-393

248

140-383

253

144-391

Vegetables (g/d)

164

125-219

154

119-214

179***

135-236

159

116-216

161

119-218

Dairy (g/d)

383

232-439

407***

287-511

393***

237-457

360

227-424

379

229-435

Meat/alternatives (g/d)

147

105-200

135

96-188

156***

114-206

142

103-197

143

104-198

Extras (g/d)

133

92-183

139

96-193

156***

110-214

130

93-183

133

95-188

Food Group Servings

Breads/cereals (servings/d)

2.5

1.8-3.2

2.6***

2.0-3.5

2.7***

2.1-3.6

2.4

1.8-3.1

2.5

1.9-3.2

Fruit (servings/d)

1.8

1.0-2.7

2.2***

1.3-3.5

1.9

1.0-2.8

1.8

1.0-2.7

1.8

1.0-2.8

Vegetables (servings/d)

2.2

1.6-2.9

2.1

1.6-3.0

2.4***

1.8-3.2

2.1

1.5-2.9

2.2

1.6-3.0

Dairy (servings/d)

1.8

1.3-2.3

2.0***

1.6-2.6

1.9***

1.4-2.3

1.7

1.2-2.2

1.7

1.2-2.2

Meat/alternatives (servings/d)

1.6

1.1-2.1

1.5

1.1-2.0

1.7***

1.2-2.2

1.5

1.1-2.1

1.5

1.1-2.1

Extras (servings/d)

4.1

2.9-5.4

4.1

3.0-5.7

4.5***

3.3-6.2

4.2

3.1-5.8

4.2

3.1-5.8

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Meeting Recommendations ¹

Breads/cereals (%)

11.9

9.1-15.2

14.0**

11.4-17.0

15.7***

13.3-18.3

10.3

9.5-11.1

11.3

10.6-12.0

Fruit (%)

41.4

36.8-46.1

55.4***

51.4-59.5

45.4

41.9-48.8

42.9

41.6-44.2

44.1

43.0-45.2

Vegetables (%)

13.0

10.0-16.4

10.9

8.5-13.6

13.5

11.3-16.0

11.5

10.7-12.4

11.8

11.0-12.5

Dairy (%)

36.3

31.9-41.0

50.3***

46.3-54.4

44.4***

41.0-47.8

32.4

31.1-33.6

35.4

34.3-36.5

Meat/alternatives (%)

89.0**

85.7-91.7

82.3

79.1-85.3

87.5*

85.0-89.6

84.3

83.3-85.2

84.7

83.9-85.6

Extras (%)

16.1

12.8-19.8

14.9

12.1-17.9

10.9*

8.8-13.2

13.8

12.9-14.7

13.7

12.9-14.5

Other

Daily energy intake (kJ)

7487

7269-7705

7929***

7729-8130

8277***

8099-8455

7367

7309-7428

7521

7467-7575

Total food weight (g)

1393

1355-1431

1519***

1482-1556

1480***

1450-1510

1365

1354-1375

1392

1382-1401

Energy density (kJ/g)

5.4

5.4-5.5

5.3***

5.2-5.4

5.7***

5.6-5.7

5.5

5.4-5.5

5.5

5.4-5.5