High Schoolers Skip Fruits, Veggies

Fewer than 10 percent of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called "poor" in a report Tuesday.

The report based on 2007 data found that only 13 percent of U.S. high school students get at least three servings of vegetables a day and just 32 percent get two servings of fruit. Fewer than 1 in 10 get enough of both combined.

Read the entire article in the San Francisco Chronicle September 30, 2009 edition by clicking here.