About two-thirds of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19 ate any fruit on a given day, compared with more than 9 in 10 children ages 2 to 5, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the CDC, released Tuesday.
The report found that 66.2% of teens ate fruit on a given day, compared with 83.3% of children ages 6 to 11 and 91.8% of preschoolers. Across all children and teens, 77% ate fruit and 91.2% ate some type of vegetable.
