In 2018, 97.4 percent of children aged 2 to 3 years old in Australia had an adequate fruit intake. The proportion of children eating enough fruit per day drops off significantly in the older age groups and by the age of 17 over 40 percent of children are not getting their recommended daily intake of fruit.
Share of children who meet recommendations for daily fruit intake in Australia in financial year 2021, by age group
Recommended serves of fruits per day:
Children aged 2-3: 1 serve.
Children aged 4-8: 1.5 serves.
Children aged 9-18: 2 serves.
One serve corresponds to approximately 150 grams of fresh fruit or 50 grams of dried fruit.
Fruit juice was excluded from the data.
Figures have been estimated by the source.
Percentage points not equalling 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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