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Do you know what your children are eating?
Nearly two-thirds of the calories American children consume come from ultra-processed foods. Help Vowels.org raise awareness, teach families about real food, and give the next generation the knowledge to make informed choices.
First public goal: $25,000. Gifts go to Vowels.org.
Food has changed
Today, children are surrounded by packaged snacks, sugary drinks, fast food, and highly processed products designed for convenience. For many families, these foods have simply become normal.
According to the CDC, 61.9% of the calories consumed by American children and teens ages 1–18 come from ultra-processed foods. Among children ages 6–11, that number is 64.8%. That means nearly two out of every three calories our school-age children consume can come from ultra-processed food.
Vowels.org believes awareness is where change begins.
CDC/NCHS Data Brief No. 536, August 2021–August 2023.
Understand real food
Our mission is to help children, parents, families, and communities understand real food, recognize what is in the foods they eat, and understand how everyday food choices can affect long-term health.
We believe people should be able to look beyond the front of a package and understand what they are actually eating.
Our work aligns with the real-food movement and current national efforts encouraging Americans to prioritize whole and minimally processed, nutrient-dense foods while reducing highly processed foods, added sugars, and sugary beverages.
We are not here to tell families what they must eat.
We are here to make sure they know what they are eating.
Why children matter
The eating habits children develop today can follow them for years.
When highly processed foods become the normal breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and drink, children may grow up without ever learning what real food looks like or how everyday food choices can influence their health.
We want to change that through education and awareness.
Your support helps us reach more families
Your contribution helps Vowels.org create educational resources, reach communities, support nutrition-awareness initiatives, build partnerships, and provide tools that help people turn information into action.
Every contribution helps us reach another person, parent, child, classroom, or community with information that can make a difference.
As a thank-you for supporting our mission, supporters can also receive complimentary access to EdenCora, a resource that helps people put nutrition and health information into action. The gift acknowledgment describes that benefit. The purpose of the gift is Vowels.
Children deserve to understand their food. Families deserve clear information. And healthier choices begin with awareness.
Support Vowels.org and help us make more people aware.