New report highlights fruit, vegetable and sugarsweetened beverage intake among young children
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OSDH encourages families to incorporate fruits and vegetables into meals daily OKLAHOMA CITY – A new study released, Variations in Fruit, Vegetable, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among Young Children by State, United States 2021, analyzed data from the 2021 National Survey of Children’s Health and found that many young children between one and five years of age are not eating fruits and vegetables daily and are regularly drinking sugarsweetened beverages (SSBs). According to the study, in Oklahoma, among children ages one through five, 37.5% did not eat a daily fruit during the preceding week compared to 32.1% nationally, 57.5% did not eat a daily vegetable during the preceding week compared to 49.1% nationally, and 72.6% drank a SSB at least one weekly compared to 57.1% nationally.