--- title: These Charts Show How Much Fast Food American Kids Eat description: Many American children are eating fast food regularly canonical: https://time.com/4036522/fast-food-american-kids/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-16T17:08:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:58:54.312Z article:section: Health og:title: These Charts Show How Much Fast Food American Kids Eat og:description: Many American children are eating fast food regularly og:url: https://time.com/4036522/fast-food-american-kids/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c93c8b5cc635c23/698863dccf40a870f2c3fba2/fast-food1.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 5167 og:image:height: 3444 og:image:alt: Hamburger og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Charts Show How Much Fast Food American Kids Eat twitter:description: Many American children are eating fast food regularly twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c93c8b5cc635c23/698863dccf40a870f2c3fba2/fast-food1.jpg?branch=production ---  # These Charts Show How Much Fast Food American Kids Eat ## Video: Know Right Now: High Rates of Fast Food Consumption [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: High Rates of Fast Food Consumption](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CEIFuLOb.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-09-16. U.S. kids get 12.4 percent of their calorie intake from fast food restaurants, a new CDC study revealed_ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Sep 16, 2015 5:08 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Sep 16, 2015 5:08 PM UTC More than a third of children and adolescents eat fast food on any given day, according to new federal data published Wednesday. While there were not notable differences in caloric consumption by gender, weight or poverty status, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics did note some differences in fast food calorie consumption by race. 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