Patterns and trends in
child diet
A presentation of data on child diet
Introduction
These slides have been produced to supplement the child diet data
factsheet and will be a useful resource for policy makers, practitioners
and anyone with an interest in diet and nutrition.
A short explanation of each slide is included in the slide notes with
further information available in the factsheet www.noo.org.uk/NOO_pub/Key_data
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Fruit and vegetable intake
Boys and girls aged 11-18 years: National Diet and Nutrition Survey
(2008/09 to 2011/12)
Around one in ten boys (10.1%) eat five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day
Around one in thirteen girls (7.5%) eat five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day
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Fruit and vegetable intake
Boys and girls aged 11-18 years: National Diet and Nutrition Survey
(2008/09 to 2011/12)
Recommended minimum level
6
Mean 5 a day portions
5
4
3
2
1
0
Boys
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Child aged 11-18 years
Girls
Fruit and vegetable intake by sex and age
Children aged 5-7, 8-10, 11-12 and 13-15 years: Health Survey for
England 2013
Boys
Girls
Recommended minimum level
6
Mean 5 a day portions
5
4
3
2
1
0
5-7
5
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8-10
Age in years
11-12
13-15
Trend in fruit and vegetable intake
Boys and girls aged 5-15 years: Health Survey for England 2001 to 2013
All girls 5-15 years
Confidence intervals - girls
All boys 5-15 years
Confidence intervals - boys
Mean 5 a day portions
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Health Survey for England survey year
No survey data available for 2012. Parents answer on behalf of children aged 12 and under
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Fruit and vegetable intake by household income
Children aged 5-15 years: Health Survey for England 2013
Boys
Girls
Recommended minimum level
6
Mean 5 a day portions
5
4
3
2
1
0
Highest
2nd
3rd
Equivalised household income
4th
Lowest
Income is adjusted to take into account the number of people living in the household (‘equivalised household income’). Splitting the
population into five equal-sized groups (quintiles) based on income level allows for comparison across the range of incomes.
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Food energy from non-milk extrinsic sugars
Children aged 4-10 and 11-18 years: National Diet and Nutrition Survey
(2008/09 to 2011/12)
Percentage of food energy from non-milk
extrinsic sugars
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Boys
Girls
Previously recommended maximum level of NMES
Currently recommended maximum level of free sugars (approximated as NMES)
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
4-10
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Age in years
11-18
Food energy from fat
Children aged 4-10 and 11-18 years: National Diet and Nutrition Survey
(2008/09 to 2011/12)
Boys
Girls
Recommended maximum level
Percentage of food energy from fat
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
4-10
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Age in years
11-18
Food energy from saturated fat
Children aged 4-10 and 11-18 years: National Diet and Nutrition Survey
(2008/09 to 2011/12)
Percentage of food energy from saturated fat
Boys
Girls
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
4-10
10
Recommended maximum level
Patterns and trends in child diet
Age in years
11-18
Estimated daily salt intake
Children aged 4-6, 7-10 and 11-18 years: National Diet and Nutrition
Survey (2008/09 to 2011/12)
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Estimated salt consumption g/day
Recommended maximum level
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Boys
Girls
4-6
Boys
Girls
7-10
Age in years
11
Patterns and trends in child diet
Boys
Girls
11-18
Consumption of oily fish
Children aged 4-10 and 11-18 years: National Diet and Nutrition Survey
(2008/09 to 2011/12)
Boys
Girls
Recommended minimum level
160
Oily fish consumption g/week
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
4-10
11-18
Age in years
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Survey data sources
Health Survey for England (HSE)
www.hscic.gov.uk/healthsurveyengland
National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS)
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-diet-and-nutrition-surveyresults-from-years-1-to-4-combined-of-the-rolling-programme-for-2008and-2009-to-2011-and-2012
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For more information:
Child diet data factsheet: www.noo.org.uk/NOO_pub/Key_data
Web: www.noo.org.uk/
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @PHE_Obesity
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Published August 2016
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