Why It Matters
Fewer than 1 in 10 children and adults eat recommended daily amount of vegetables.
Only 4 in 10 children and fewer than 1 in 7 adults eat enough fruit.
Poor Nutrition Is Making Our Nation Sick
Vitamin and mineral malnutrition impacts our health and economy.
Poor nutrition contributes to many costly diseases, including obesity, heart disease, and some cancers.
Mothers stop breastfeeding earlier
than intended.
than intended.
More than 80% of mothers start out breastfeeding, but about 60% stop sooner than they planned.
Low rates of breastfeeding add more than $3 billion a year to medical costs for women and children in the United States.
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Page last reviewed: April 30, 2018