Location: Food Surveys Research Group
Title: Intake of Vegetables by Children and Adolescents, What We Eat In America, NHANES 2017-2018Author
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Submitted to: Worldwide Web Site: Food Surveys Research Group
Publication Type: Research Technical Update Publication Acceptance Date: 6/27/2021 Publication Date: 6/29/2021 Citation: Hoy, M.K., Clemens, J.C., Moshfegh, A.J. 2021. Intake of Vegetables by Children and Adolescents, What We Eat In America, NHANES 2017-2018. Worldwide Web Site: Food Surveys Research Group. Available: https://www.ars.usda.gov/nea/bhnrc/fsrg/wweia/dbrief. Interpretive Summary: Variety is associated with greater fruit and vegetable intake, particularly vegetables. This report describes intake of vegetables by children and adolescents 2-19 years in What We Eat In America, NHANES 2017-2018. Vegetables included discrete vegetables consumed as side dishes or salads and did not include vegetable juice or those in mixed dishes. About half of all children and adolescents consumed vegetables on any given day. Younger children reported vegetables more frequently than adolescents. About one-third reported one item per day, and less than one-quarter had two or more items per day. Potatoes, mostly fried, were reported by over half of children and adolescents, followed by salad, broccoli, carrots, and corn which were reported less frequently. About one-third reported having vegetables at dinner, but Non-Hispanic Asians had them more often at lunch than dinner. Fewer Hispanic children and adolescents reported vegetables compared to other race/ethnic groups. Technical Abstract: Variety is associated with greater fruit and vegetable intake, particularly vegetables. This report describes intake of vegetables by children and adolescents 2-19 years in What We Eat In America, NHANES 2017-2018. In this analysis, vegetables included discrete vegetables consumed as side dishes or salads and did not include vegetable juice or those in mixed dishes. On the reporting day about half of all children and adolescents consume vegetables – over half of children and less than half of adolescents had vegetables. Higher percentages of females than males reported vegetables though differences were not significant. About one-third of children and adolescents report one item per day, and less than one-quarter have two or more items per day. Females were more likely than males to consume two items (P<0.001). Potatoes, mostly fried, were reported by over half, followed by salad, broccoli, carrots, and corn, which were consumed by less than 10% of children and adolescents. About one-third reported having vegetables at dinner, but Non-Hispanic Asians had them more often at lunch than dinner. Fewer Hispanic children and adolescents reported vegetables compared to other race/ethnic groups. |
