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TABLE 23

TABLE 24

Percentage of Children Ages 2 to 18 by Age and Diet Quality as Measured by the Healthy Eating Index, 1994– 1996

1994 1995 1996

Age Good Needs Poor Good Needs Poor Good Needs Poor

dieta improvementa dieta dieta improvementa dieta dieta improvementa dieta

Ages 2–52663112768 52468 8

Ages 6– 12 13 75 12 11 82 7 12 75 13

Ages 13– 18 8 69 23 5 b 76 19 6 74 20

aA Healthy Eating Index (HEI) score above 80 implies a good diet, an HEI score between 51 and 80 implies a diet that needs impr ovement, and an HEI score less

bthan 51 implies a poor diet.

Sample size relatively small to make reliable comparisons.

SOURCE:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals.

Percentage of Children Ages 2 to 18 by Age, Poverty

Status, and Diet Quality as Measured by the Healthy

Eating Index, 3-Year Average 1994– 1996

Good Needs Poor

Characteristic dieta improvementa dieta

Age 2– 5

At or below poverty 19 70 11

Above poverty 28 65 7

Ages 6– 12

At or below poverty 10 78 12

Above poverty 12 78 10

Ages 13– 18

At or below poverty 3 b 72 25

Above poverty 7 74 19

aA Healthy Eating Index (HEI) score above 80 implies a good diet, an HEI

score between 51 and 80 implies a diet that needs improvement, and an HEI

score less than 51 implies a poor diet.

bSample size relatively small to make reliable comparisons.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition

Policy and Promotion, Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by

Individuals.

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