A National Study of More Than 3,000 Randomly Selected 4-

question 34

Multiple Choice

A national study of more than 3,000 randomly selected 4- to 24-month-olds documented that:

• A) many U.S. parents are feeding their babies too many fruits and not enough vegetables.
• B) U.S. parents are feeding their babies fruits and vegetables, and very little junk food.
• C) by 1 year, bananas were the most common fruit that babies ate.
• D) by 15 months, French fries were the most common vegetable that babies ate.

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