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Intakes of fruit and vegetables in children are inadequate. Our purpose was to examine national data on the proportion of Australian children meeting the fruit and vegetable recommendations in 2011‐2012 and 2014‐2015, assessing changes over time and differences by age, sex and socio‐economic status (SES).

Secondary analysis of 2011‐2012 and 2014‐2015 Australian National Health Surveys of Australian children aged 2‐18 years. Percentages of children meeting fruit and vegetable recommendations by survey year, age group, sex and SES tertile were calculated using population weights supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Chi‐squared tests and logistic regression were used to test for the relative influence of each factor.

In 2011‐2012, 64.6%, 5.1% and 4.6% of children met the recommended intake for fruit, vegetable and fruit–vegetable combined …