Kids' Nutrition and Health Survey Finds Most Want Healthier Food

Food prices and safety

19. Are you concerned about the affordability of your food?

• 36.1% of kids were concerned about the cost of food
• 51.8% were not concerned and
• 12.0% of kids said sometimes they were worried.

19. Do you think the Earth's health affects your health?

• 85.1% of kids thought there was a correlation between the Earth's health and their personal health,
• 14.9% of kids didn't think there was a correlation.

20. Are you concerned about the safety of your food and water?

• 68.8% of kids were concerned about the safety of their food and water,
• 23.8% were not concerned, and
• 7.5% of kids were in the ‘other' category, generally meaning, sometimes.

Sleep

21. How many hours of sleep to you get a night?

• 91.6% of kids said they got enough sleep, meaning at least 8 hours a night and they felt rested,
• 8.4% said they didn't get enough sleep and were not rested. Of those, stress was the most common answer.

Religion

22. Is religion or spiritual practice a part of you and your family's life?

• 62.2% of kids said that yes, some sort of religious practice was part of their lives
• 37.8% said not it was not.

Food sources

23. Do you know where does your food come from? How it is processed?

• 36.4% of kids knew where their food came from and how it was processed
• 59.7% did not know, and
• 3.9% of kids said ‘other' often times they knew where an item or two came from.
• 69.2% of kids wanted to know where their food came from,
• 25.0% did now want to know, and
• 5.8% were in the ‘other' category, generally meaning they weren't sure.

24. Do you have a garden or have you or your family grown or raised any of your own food?

• 59.0% had grown some of their own food
• 39.7% had not, and
• 1.3% said ‘other.'

25. What is the weirdest food you have ever eaten?

This question was just to end on a fun note. One boy said ants after watching the Jungle Book; one girl, who was Hispanic, said Chicken Alfredo because she had never seen white food; one Native American boy said scorpions with his Grandpa, who had cut the stingers off for him. The answers were really varied.