Diet quality, food security and traditional food intake of pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children 6 months to 5 years, living in eight remote Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Table 2 Daily caregiver or self-reported intake compared with the Australian Dietary Guideline (ADG) recommended intakes, by region

听	Children鈥�<鈥�2 years			Children 2鈥�5 years			Women
Food or food group	Cape York, n鈥�=鈥�60	Central Aust, n鈥�=鈥�48	ADG serves^a	Cape York, n鈥�=鈥�112	Central Aust, n鈥�=鈥�92	ADG serves^a	Cape York, n鈥�=鈥�81	Central Aust, n鈥�=鈥�80	ADG serves^a
Food or food group	Median serves (IQR)		ADG serves^a	Median serves (IQR)		ADG serves^a	Median serves (IQR)		ADG serves^a
Vegetable	1.0 (0.7, 2.3)	1.0 (0.6, 1.4)	0.4鈥�3.0	1.2 (0.8, 2.3)	1.0 (0.7, 1.3)	2.5鈥�4.5	1.6 (1.0, 2.4)	1.3 (0.9, 2.1)	5.0鈥�7.5
Fruit	1.0 (0.4, 2.0)	0.5 (0.2, 1.0)	0.07鈥�0.5	2.0 (0.9, 3.0)	1.0 (0.6, 2.0)	1.0鈥�1.5	0.9 (0.4, 2.0)	0.4 (0.2, 1.0)	2.0
Grain	3.0 (3.0, 5.0)	3.0 (1.0, 3.0)	2.5鈥�4.0	5.0 (3.0, 5.0)	3.0 (3.0, 3.0)	4.0	5.0 (5.0, 7.0)	3.0 (3.0, 5.0)	8.5鈥�9.0
Meat	1.2 (0.9, 1.7)	0.9 (0.7, 1.3)	0.5鈥�1.0	1.5 (1.2, 2.0)	1.2 (1.0, 1.6)	1.0鈥�1.5	2.9 (2.1, 3.7)	3.1 (2.3, 3.6)	2.5鈥�3.5
Dairy	2.1 (0.9, 3.4)	1.4 (1.0, 2.4)	1.0鈥�1.5	2.4 (1.4, 3.4)	1.9 (1.3, 2.4)	1.5鈥�2.0	1.9 (1.1, 3.1)	1.3 (1.0, 2.0)	2.5
SSB	0.2 (0.0, 0.4)	0.2 (0.0, 0.4)	0.0	0.4 (0.1, 0.6)	0.4 (0.1, 0.6)	0.0	0.4 (0.1, 1.0)	0.4 (0.1, 1.0)	0.0
Discretionary	1.8 (0.8, 2.7)	2.1 (1.3, 2.5)	0.0	2.5 (2.3, 3.5)	2.8 (2.3, 4.3)	0.0鈥�1.0	2.5 (2.0, 3.5)	3.8 (2.5, 5.0)	0.0鈥�2.5

^aADG Australian Dietary Guideline recommended daily serves for each age group, for each food or food group. Recommended intakes for children 7鈥�12听months have been adjusted for weight equivalents. Where multiple ADG age groups are clustered within the participant age group categories, a range for the recommended number of serves has been provided; for children, the higher recommended range relates to older children within the group, and the lower younger

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