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Only a handful of Australian toddlers have diets that meet national guidelines for junk food and vegetables, as the majority discover the allure of cakes, ice-cream and lollies far earlier than recommended.A unique study using recruits from new parents groups in Melbourne has found that while most babies are eating enough fruit and vegetables at nine months, the standard of their diets declines rapidly soon after.At 18 months, more than 95 per cent of children are not eating enough vegetables – in findings that indicate there is a widespread failure across the community to reach an ideal diet.National recommendations suggest that children aged less than two years old should eat no discretionary foods regularly, including favourites such as sweet biscuits, pastries, confectionary and take-away pizza.But in stark reality, more than 90 per cent of children aged nine months and 18 months are eating junk food regularly. And older pre-schoolers are eating far more than is recommended (no more than one serving or about one small piece of cake), according to research published this month in the Journal of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.The study, which involved 467 children between 2008 and 2015, is the first to compare the eating habits of very young children with the national guidelines.Lead author, Dr Alison Spence, from the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University, said it provided good evidence for the first time that children’s diets were diverging from the ideal while they were still very young.She said this could be partly attributed to changing dietary guidelines as children got older. While babies aged nine months only need about 30 to 40 grams of vegetables each day, that increases to 150 to 225 grams after they turn one.“In the first year, when they are still supported by breast milk or formula, the guidelines are really encouraging children to try new foods and textures,” Dr Spence said.

Only a handful of Australian toddlers have diets that meet national guidelines for junk food and vegetables, as the majority discover the allure of cakes, ice-cream and lollies far earlier than recommended.A unique study using recruits from new parents groups in Melbourne has found that while most babies are eating enough fruit and vegetables at nine months, the standard of their diets declines rapidly soon after.At 18 months, more than 95 per cent of children are not eating enough vegetables – in findings that indicate there is a widespread failure across the community to reach an ideal...

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