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They Say: 9 Out of 10 Teens Aren’t Eating Their Veggies
Sometimes getting your kids to eat their veggies can be quite the challenge. But it doesn’t just stop when they’re little, apparently teens aren’t eating their greens either. And this isn’t just a teen here, a teen there, we’re talking MOST teens aren’t eating enough of the good stuff.
According to a new study 9 out of 10 teens aren’t getting the minimum recommended servings of fruits and vegetables.
What states reported the worst numbers? Arkansas and North Carolina -they clocked in way below the average. But some states like Vermont did much much better.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that this was “the first to give such detailed information on adolescents’ fruit and vegetable consumption.” And it was a big study, surveying about 100,000 teens on their eating habits.
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