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The Burden of Obesity in North Carolina. Unhealthy Eating. Recommendation for Fruits & Vegetables . Boys and girls ages 4-8 need 3 to 4 cups of fruits and vegetables a day, with 1½ cups coming from fruit and the rest from vegetables. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Burden of Obesity in North Carolina Unhealthy Eating
Recommendation for Fruits & Vegetables • Boys and girls ages 4-8 need 3 to 4 cups of fruits and vegetables a day, with 1½ cups coming from fruit and the rest from vegetables. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Unhealthy Eating in U.S. Children • On average, children ages 6-11 ate a combined average of less than 3½ servings of vegetables and fruits daily. • Overall, only one in five children met the recommended minimum goal of five servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
Unhealthy Eating • Nationally, children ages 6-11 ate two vegetable servings per day: • 5% dark green vegetables • 5% deep yellow vegetables • 23% tomatoes • 43% white potatoes • Children’s intakes of dark green and orange vegetables should almost triple and their potato consumption should be cut in half.
Fast Food in America • Every day, one-in-four Americans eats a fast-food meal • The number of fast food establishments in the country has increased from 70,000 in 1970 to almost 200,000 in 2002.
Unhealthy Eating & N.C. Children • 82% of high school students ate fewer than five servings of fruits and vegetables daily in the seven days prior to the survey. • 75% of children, ages 5-17, ate less than the recommended three servings of vegetables on a typical day • 43% ate less than the recommended two servings of fruit.
N.C. Students and Fruits and Vegetables Source: North Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. (2007).
