April Meal Menu
- Site Admin
- Mar 18
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 27
Not eating healthy can affect your academic, physical, and mental performance. So, don't forget to eat!
Not meeting national physical activity guidelines means students are not receiving the multiple physical and mental health benefits of physical activity (e.g. reducing stress, anxiety, and depression) and preventing various chronic disease risk factors
The data come from the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative survey of U.S. high school students. Reflecting on the past seven days of eating habits, teens reported the following:
75% did not eat breakfast daily,
47% did not eat fruit or drink 100% fruit juice daily,
45% did not eat vegetables daily,
44% drank less than three glasses of water a day,
15% drank sugar-sweetened soda daily and
11% drank a sports drink daily.
Teens also answered questions about their physical activity over the past seven days and reported the following:
49% played on a sports team,
45% did strength training at least three days a week,
24% were physically active at least 60 minutes per day,
19% attend physical education classes five days a week when they are in school and
16% met both aerobic and strength training guidelines.