This statistic displays the share of adults buying fast food for their children in the past week in the United States from 2010 to 2016. In 2010, some 79 percent of survey respondents stated that they bought fast food for their children in the past week. This increased to 91 percent in 2016.
Share of adults buying fast food for their children in the past week in the United States from 2010 to 2016*
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Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale. (September 1, 2018). Share of adults buying fast food for their children in the past week in the United States from 2010 to 2016* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 07, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/948080/share-of-adults-buying-fast-food-for-their-children-2016-us/
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale. "Share of adults buying fast food for their children in the past week in the United States from 2010 to 2016*." Chart. September 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/948080/share-of-adults-buying-fast-food-for-their-children-2016-us/
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale. (2018). Share of adults buying fast food for their children in the past week in the United States from 2010 to 2016*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/948080/share-of-adults-buying-fast-food-for-their-children-2016-us/
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale. "Share of Adults Buying Fast Food for Their Children in The past Week in The United States from 2010 to 2016*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/948080/share-of-adults-buying-fast-food-for-their-children-2016-us/
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale, Share of adults buying fast food for their children in the past week in the United States from 2010 to 2016* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/948080/share-of-adults-buying-fast-food-for-their-children-2016-us/ (last visited December 07, 2023)
Share of adults buying fast food for their children in the past week in the United States from 2010 to 2016* [Graph], Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale, September 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/948080/share-of-adults-buying-fast-food-for-their-children-2016-us/