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Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

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Poor Nutrition Among High School Students

Poor eating habits (diets high in fat and low in fruits, vegetables, and grains) are often established during youth and carried into adulthood, thus increasing a person’s risk for cancer and other chronic diseases. Along with physical inactivity, poor eating habits are a root cause of overweight and obesity.

In 2001, 79% of U.S. high school students ate fewer than five servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
In the states that collected this information, the percentage of high school students who reported not eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day in 2001 ranged from 73% in Rhode Island to 87% in Alabama.

Percentage of High School Students Who Reported Eating Fewer Than Five Servings of Fruit and Vegetables, 2001

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

[A text description of this map is also available.]

Percentage of High School Students Who Reported Eating Fewer Than Five Servings of Fruits and Vegetables per Day, by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2001

State^*	Total	Male	Female	White	Black^†	Hispanic^†	Other^†

ALABAMA	86.9	86.0	87.8	89.4	83.6	-	-
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS	80.1	78.2	82.1	82.3	73.7	-	-
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO^‡	78.0	77.0	79.0	78.0	-	82.2	-
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE	75.1	73.0	76.9	77.2	73.3	67.7	69.7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	81.5	82.5	80.5	-	81.7	82.6	80.7
FLORIDA	79.7	77.4	82.2	81.4	77.4	79.2	69.1
GEORGIA
HAWAII^‡	83.6	82.3	84.5	81.8	-	-	83.5
IDAHO	81.9	82.5	81.2	82.6	-	76.9	79.3
ILLINOIS^‡1	75.2	74.1	75.9	76.5	-	-	-
INDIANA^‡	83.8	80.2	86.9	84.1	-	-	-
IOWA^‡	81.1	77.6	85.3	81.5	-	-	-
KANSAS
KENTUCKY^‡	80.8	74.8	86.2	82.5
LOUISIANA^‡2	83.1	79.0	86.0	87.6	77.7	-	-
MAINE	75.0	74.6	75.3	75.5	-	-	71.6
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
MICHIGAN	79.4	78.0	80.7	79.2	83.1	76.4	76.0
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI	79.2	76.2	82.2	84.7	73.7	-	-
MISSOURI	81.3	78.7	84.0	82.6	75.1	-	-
MONTANA	80.6	80.1	81.5	80.7	-	-	79.6
NEBRASKA^‡	81.8	79.4	84.2	82.3	-	-	-
NEVADA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
NEW HAMPSHIRE^‡	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
NEW JERSEY	74.1	71.0	77.1	75.0	73.9	77.3	67.5
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK^‡3	79.3	78.1	80.6	80.2	-	-	71.6
NORTH CAROLINA	82.2	80.8	83.7	82.8	81.1	79.5	81.6
NORTH DAKOTA	81.9	80.0	83.9	83.0	-	-	-
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND	72.6	68.1	77.1	73.4	69.2	70.7	64.9
SOUTH CAROLINA^‡	82.7	81.2	84.2	85.2	80.0	-	82.8
SOUTH DAKOTA	84.1	81.3	86.9	84.8	-	-	79.5
TENNESSEE^‡	79.8	76.3	83.3	80.5	79.1	-	-
TEXAS	80.1	77.6	82.7	82.1	76.0	79.4	68.1
UTAH	77.1	74.9	79.6	78.7	-	-	71.8
VERMONT	73.6	72.3	75.3	NA	NA	NA	NA
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
WYOMING	79.0	75.4	82.7	79.3	-	77.9	69.8

UNITED STATES	78.6	76.7	80.3	79.8	75.5	76.8	75.3

^* States with no data shown did not conduct a Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2001
^† A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 100) in this category to calculate a stable estimate
^‡ Unweighted data
NA State did not ask this specific question or data not available
¹Excludes students from Chicago
²Excludes students from New Orleans
³Excludes students from New York City
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Page last reviewed: October 31, 2005
Page last modified: October 31, 2005
Archive Date: April 8, 2008

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