Changes and tracking of fruit, vegetables and sugar-sweetened beverages intake from 18 months to 7 years in the Norwegian mother and child cohort study

Table 1 Dietary intakes at age 18 months, 36 months and 7 years by gender

Dietary intake		18 months		36 months		7 years
	n	Median	5th–95th	Median	5th–95th	Median	5th–95th
	n	Median	percentile	Median	percentile	Median	percentile
Boys
Fruit (times/week)	4484	10.5	(2.0–21.0)	7.0	(2.0–21.0)	7.5	(1.5–18.0)
Vegetables (times/week)	4507	6.0	(1.5–14.5)	5.0	(0.3–9.0)	5.5	(0.5–14.0)
SSB (times or glasses/week)	4374	2.0	(0–11.0)	2.0	(0.5–14.0)	2.5	(0–16.0)
Girls
Fruit (times/week)	4247	10.5	(2.0–21.0)	7.0	(2.0–21.0)	8.0	(2.0–18.0)
Vegetables (times/week)	4289	6.0	(1.5–15.0)	5.0	(0.8–9.0)	6.0	(0.5–15.5)
SSB (times or glasses/week)	4143	1.0	(0–11.0)	2.0	(0.5-7.0)	2.5	(0–16.0)

SSB Sugar-sweetened beverages.
Differences between time points were significant except for:
- girls: fruit intake between 18 months and 7 years (P = 0.23).
- both genders: SSB intake between 18 months and 36 months (boys P = 0.36, girls P = 0.23).

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