The food environments to which children are exposed at home, in school, in child care facilities, and within their communities can influence the healthfulness of their diets. Children are often eating outside the home with easy access and routine exposure to large portion sizes of foods high in fats, added sugars, and calories.1x1St-Onge, M.P., Keller, K.L., and Heymsfield, S.B. Changes in childhood food consumption patterns: a cause for concern in light of increasing body weights. Am J Clin Nutr.
