Fast food consumption decreased, CDC data shows

Where it stands: Kids ages 2 through 19 consumed an average of 11.4% of their daily calories from fast food on a given day between August 2021 and August 2023, according to data from the CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

• That's down from an average of nearly 14% in 2013 and 2014, per CDC data.
• For adults age 20 and up, average calories from fast food fell from about 14% in 2013 and 2014 to 11.7% during mid-2021 to mid-2023.
• Food reported as "restaurant fast food/pizza" on survey responses was considered fast food for these analyses, CDC's data brief said.

Zoom out: About 30% of youth ages 2 through 19 ate fast food on any given day between August 2021 and 2023. That figure exceeded 36% between 2015 and 2018, CDC found.

• The research did not identify a difference in fast food consumption between boys and girls, or between adult men and women.
• The team working on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey team was not impacted by mass employee terminations at HHS this year, and its work continues, a CDC spokesperson told Axios.