Food Consumption Patterns of Young Preschoolers: Are They Starting Off on the Right Path?

This article describes the dietary habits of 2- and 3-year-olds. Almost three-quarters of children consumed fruit, and about 70 percent ate vegetables at least once in a day. However, french fries and other fried potatoes were the most commonly eaten vegetable, and about 85 percent consumed some type of sweetened beverage, dessert, sweet, or salty snack in a day.

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Year of publication:	2010-12-30
Authors:	Fox, Mary Kay ; Condon, Elizabeth ; Briefel, Ronette R. ; Reidy, Kathleen C. ; Deming, Denise M.
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Subject:	FITS 2008 \| Food Consumption \| Preschoolers \| Nutrition

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Extent:	text/html
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare. General ; I1 - Health
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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