After a period of improvement, kids in the U.S. are eating as much fast food as they were in the early 2000s, new government figures show.
FRIDAY, Aug. 14, 2020 -- After a period of improvement, U.S. kids are eating as much fast food as they were in the early 2000s, new government figures show.
One possibility is that social media and"digital marketing" have a role, according to Frances Fleming-Milici, a researcher with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut. Another Rudd study found that the percentage of parents buying fast food for their kids rose between 2010 and 2016. By 2016, 91% of parents said they'd bought their children meals in the last week at one of the four largest fast-food chains in the United States.
The new findings, released in an Aug. 14 data brief, are based on responses to an ongoing federal health survey. Every couple of years it asks a nationally representative sample of Americans about their health and lifestyle habits.It found that between 2015 and 2018, more than 36% of all 2- to 19-year-olds consumed fast food -- with teens being bigger consumers than younger kids.
If U.S. kids are eating more fast food, there's reason for concern -- since the traditional burger-and-fries meal is typically loaded with fat, sodium and sugars.," said Kristi King, a pediatric dietitian at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston., there's also the matter of kids getting the nutrients they need. If they are filling up on fat and sugar, that can displace nutrient-rich foods, said King, who is also a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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