Child health and nutrition

Statistics report on child health and nutrition in the U.S.

Child health and nutrition

This report provides statistical information about health and nutrition among children and adolescents in the United States.

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Overview

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  • Premium Statistic Number of families in the US by number of children 2000-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. family households with children, by family type 1970-2022
  • Premium Statistic Weekly U.S. household grocery expenditure by household type 2020
  • Basic Statistic U.S. share of households with children with low food security by demographic 2019
  • Premium Statistic U.S. household food security share in 2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. - share of children in food-insecure households 1998-2023
  • Premium Statistic Head Start program enrollment in the U.S. by state 2019
  • Basic Statistic Projected number of children enrolled in Medicaid in the U.S. 2020-2027

Health status

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  • Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. children and adolescents who were obese 1988-2018
  • Premium Statistic Share of obese high school students in the U.S. by state 2021
  • Basic Statistic Obese high school students in the U.S. in 2016-2017, by gender and ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children with food allergies in the past year as of 2018, by ethnicity
  • Premium Statistic Locations of food poisonings of U.S. children according to parents as of 2017

Nutrient intake

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. food energy intake from food of male children and adolescents by age 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. food energy intake from food of female children and adolescents 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. protein intake from food of male children and adolescents by age 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. protein intake from food of female children and adolescents 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. carbohydrate intake from food of male children and adolescents 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. carbohydrate intake from food of female children and adolescents 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. sugar intake from food of male children and adolescents 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. fat intake from food of male children and adolescents 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. sugar intake from food of female children and adolescents 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic U.S. fat intake from food of female children and adolescents 2017/18
  • Basic Statistic Past-month alcohol use in U.S. residents aged 12-20 years in 2023, by gender
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