According to a report published by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), more than one in three American teenagers eat fast food every day. Roughly 34.3% American children between the ages of 2 and 19 eat in a fast food restaurant.

It has been reported by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that over one in three American teenagers consume fast food daily. Nearly 34.3% of children in the US between the ages of 2 and 19 eat meals in a fast food restaurant.

An investigative team looked at data taken from 2011-12 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of CDC. They found that 12.1% of American teenagers get more than 40% of their daily calories from fast food.

Consumption of the proportional quantity of fast food was 'statistically equivalent' for both men and women. The investigative team also found that wealth has no role in fast food intake of Americans children.

According to pediatrician Stephen Pont at Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics section on obesity, "We're programmed to seek sweet and salty foods, and fast food knows how to pander to those cravings. A particular challenge with teenagers is that they all feel invincible, and they're not as sensitive to the long-term impacts of [diet] on their health".

The study found that men were somewhat below women in eating at younger age and ate more as teens, but the overall difference was negligible. Underweight, normal weight or overweight of a child did not have much effect on their craving for fast food. On average, overweight took less of their meals from the food than those of underweight or normal size.