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To address the childhood obesity crisis and under-nutrition in the United States, it is important to identify those children most likely to experience a poor diet and understand the environmental and social pressures leading them to a poor diet. This session will present differences in child diet patterns using the Health Eating Index; link consumption to food exposure, preferences and availability; identify which groups of children are most likely to experience hunger over the weekend, and profile children's food shopping behaviors.

Session Objectives: 1. Compare the diet quality of children 2-17 years by age, gender, ethnicity, and family income. 2. Evaluate relations between child-reported preferences and parent-reported availability of food items with food intake and adherence to U.S. dietary guidelines in a sample of youth diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. 3. Describe the prevalence of, and risk factors for, low energy intake on the weekend among U.S. school children. 4. Describe youth's shopping patterns at convenience stores.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)