Trends in Diet Quality Among Youth in the United States, 1999-2016

[Akita Suggagaki]

From 1999 to 2016, the estimated overall diet quality of US youth modestly improved, but more than half of children still had poor-quality diets.
Trends in Diet Quality Among Youth in the United States, 1999-2016

 

[mama2one]

our daughter brought packed lunches to school

she bought school lunches a few times/yr but would often get a stomach ache after eating a school lunch

don't think school lunches are that healthy but many kids do buy school breakfast/lunches daily

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

our daughter brought packed lunches to school

she bought school lunches a few times/yr but would often get a stomach ache after eating a school lunch

don't think school lunches are that healthy but many kids do buy school breakfast/lunches daily

And I think for some it is the only food they get.

 

[mama2one]

And I think for some it is the only food they get.

might be why our district has been providing FREE lunches all summer