NCHS Data Brief, Number 375, August 2020 | Read: Youth Fast Food Intake in the United States, 2015–2018

NCHS Data Brief, Number 375, August 2020

Fast Food Intake Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2015–2018

Key findings
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

• During 2015–2018, over one-third (36.3%) of children and adolescents consumed fast food on a given day.
• During 2015–2018, children and adolescents consumed on average 13.8% of their daily calories from fast food on a given day. Adolescents aged 12–19 consumed a higher percentage of calories from fast food than children aged 2–11 years.
• Non-Hispanic white adolescents aged 12–19 consumed a lower percentage of calories from fast food on a given day than both non-Hispanic black and Hispanic adolescents.
• The percentage of calories from fast food in children and adolescents decreased from 14.1% in 2003–2004 to 10.6% in 2009–2010, and then increased to 14.4% in 2017–2018.

Keywords

diet, restaurant, pizza, calories, NHANES

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