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Twenty-four-hour dietary recall data of 0\u20135 years-old children (n = 2431) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011\u20132014 was used to estimate intakes of nutrients and food groups and prevalence of inadequate intake. Data was analyzed separately for various age groups and ethnicities, and differences in means by age and or race\/ethnicity were determined by t-tests with p &lt; 0.05 as significant. The results indicate that intakes of all food groups were expectedly low at 0\u201311 months, increased with age, and were influenced by race\/ethnicity. Mixed dish consumption, which also increased with age, made substantial contributions to children\u2019s food group intakes. However, there was a substantial percentage of the population among all age and race\/ethnic groups who did not consume the recommended amounts for each food group and had inadequate intakes of key nutrients, such as calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin E. Non-Hispanic black children consumed less dairy and more protein foods, and a significantly greater proportion of these children had inadequate intakes of calcium and vitamin D compared to their peers. In conclusion, the results from this study suggest that a substantial population of American infants and children from 0 to five years of age did not meet food group recommendations and had inadequate intakes of key nutrients such as calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin E from foods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu10070827","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,26]],"date-time":"2018-06-26T10:40:50Z","timestamp":1530009650000},"page":"827","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["The Pattern of Complementary Foods in American Infants and Children Aged 0\u20135 Years Old\u2014A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Data from the NHANES 2011\u20132014"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Elieke","family":"Demmer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Dairy Council, 10255 West Higgins Road, Suite 900, Rosemont, IL 60018-5616, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8450-9650","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christopher J.","family":"Cifelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Dairy Council, 10255 West Higgins Road, Suite 900, Rosemont, IL 60018-5616, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jenny A.","family":"Houchins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Dairy Council, 10255 West Higgins Road, Suite 900, Rosemont, IL 60018-5616, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1569-8520","authenticated-orcid":false,"suffix":"III","given":"Victor L.","family":"Fulgoni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition Impact, LLC, Battle Creek, MI 49014, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Influences on the development of children\u2019s eating behaviours: From infancy to adolescence","volume":"68","author":"Birch","year":"2009","journal-title":"Can. 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