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Tennessee Conservative News Staff –
A ranking recently released by nutrition brand Juice Plus+ places Tennessee in the ten worst states when it comes to childhood nutrition.
Scoring only 44 points out of 100 possible, Tennessee comes in at number 43 out of 50 and is rated 16% below the national average.
The ranking took six categories into consideration: fruit and vegetable consumption, sugary drink consumption, access to nutritional food, food insecurity, and child poverty among children ages 1-5.
The study states that seven out of ten children in that age range have at least one sugary drink per week. This is 26% higher than the national average.
With 18.1% of children under 5 reportedly living in poverty in Tennessee, the study reports that 66% eat fruit daily and 48% eat vegetables daily.
All of the states falling into the bottom ten are located in the South: West Virginia, South Carolina, and Tennessee (all with 44 points out of 100), Florida (41 points), Alabama (40 points), Oklahoma (35 points), Texas (31 points), Arkansas (28 points), Louisiana (26 points), and Mississippi (21 points).
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