According to CNN , “Children under 5 in the US are missing out on vital nutrition by drinking sugary drinks and passing up fruits and vegetables, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.” The findings published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report revealed “parents reported that almost half of kids did not eat a vegetable every day and about a third did not eat a fruit every day,” while “more than half of the kids – 57% – drank at least one sugar-sweetened beverage that week.”
HealthDay reports the researchers surveyed “parents of more than 18,000 children between the ages of 1 and 5” and also “found gaps related to race and household food sufficiency, including that parents of Black children were most likely to report that their children did not eat a fruit or a vegetable each day.”
Healio also reports.