It’s not only students who are stressed about school: Six in 10 parents are so worried about their child that they’ve lost sleep in the back-to-school season.

A new survey of 2,000 parents of school-aged children (aged 5–18) revealed that 57% find the back-to-school season to be the most stressful part of the year.

From worries over their child making friends at school to concerns about school lunches or academic success, results revealed that parents actually worry MORE than their child (29% vs. 12%).

The top worries were found to be whether their child will have good teachers (50%), if their child is eating healthy foods at school (44%) and the cost of new school supplies (42%).

Commissioned by Herbalife Nutrition and conducted by OnePoll, the survey found parents’ concerns about their child’s safety (41%) and whether they’ll make friends at school (40%) rounded out the top five.

Results revealed it takes parents a little over two weeks to settle into the school routine, so it’s understandable that there’s some mishaps when getting back into the swing of things.

In fact, 45% of parents said they forgot to pack their child a lunch and 41% sent their child to school with the wrong lunch.

The survey looked into students’ nutrition habits when it came to lunch and found that the average child buys lunch about three times a week.

Results found that students aren’t eating as healthily as recommended. In an average week, only 10% of children are eating the USDA’s daily recommended amount of fruit per day.

Just 8% of children are eating the recommended servings of vegetables each day in an average week.

Children also aren’t receiving enough exercise, according to the survey. During the school year, 76% don’t get the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity.

And while healthy eating is one of the top concerns for parents, over a third (36%) admit they don’t typically know what their child eats when they buy a school lunch.

That’s not the only thing parents admitted to not knowing: About four in 10 don’t know the difference between nutrient-dense and calorie-dense foods.

Only about a quarter know both the nutrient and calorie composition of the foods their child eats for lunch, whether packed (25%) or purchased (28%).

“Parents have enough to worry about and what their kids are eating in school should be the last thing they have to think about. Yet unfortunately, parents have deep fears about what their kids are eating in lunchrooms across the country,” Dr. John Agwunobi, pediatrician, co-president and chief nutrition officer at Herbalife Nutrition said.

“We all have a responsibility to ensure our kids are getting the most nutritious meals possible and I applaud school districts around the country that are working with parents to improve both the nutrition levels and taste of school meals.”

From square slices of pizza, unidentified meat or too many fried options in the school cafeteria, it’s no surprise that the majority of parents say their child eats healthiest when at home.

Bringing lunch can help provide a healthier alternative, but that isn’t an option for all families – 45% say they have a lack of time in which to prepare food.

When parents do pack a lunch, having tasty food is the top priority (64%), followed by foods parents know their child will eat (64%) and healthy options (62%).

And the staple foods are sticking around: Fifty-eight percent say peanut butter and jelly is a common meal they make for their child.

Top parental worries in the back-to-school season

If my child will have good teachers	50%
If my child is eating healthy foods at school	44%
Cost of buying new school supplies	42%
My child’s safety at school	40%
If my child will make friends at school	40%
If my child is eating healthy after-school snacks	37%
The quality of education my child is receiving	37%
My child’s homework load	35%
My child getting sick	34%
If my child will do well academically	34%

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