Our gender-specific data categorized into one-year age groups revealed that among girls, nearly half of one-year-olds had adequate intakes of vitamin A, while for girls 2-, 3-, and 4-years of age, the percentage with adequate vitamin A intake was much less for each age group, and declined as girls got older. In contrast, among boys, during each of the first three years of life, at least 50% had adequate levels of vitamin A intake; only among 4-year olds was the proportion less than 50%. If we look at gender differences within each of the four age groups, we see that the percentage of boys with adequate vitamin A intake always exceeded that observed among girls of the same age group. Thus, by looking at our data cross classified by gender and age group, we realized that our program to improve vitamin A intake among pre-school children needed to include special efforts to reach girls, especially those 2 years of age and older, who had the lowest levels of vitamin A intake.