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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥20 Years Who Consumed Vegetables on a Given Day, by Race and Hispanic Origin — United States, 2015–2018
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July 09 2021
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 70(27):983Series: QuickStats -
Alternative Title:MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
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Description:During 2015–2018, 95.1% of adults aged ≥20 years consumed any vegetable, 26.3% consumed dark green vegetables, 79.2% consumed red and orange vegetables, 50.3% consumed starchy vegetables, and 78.8% consumed other vegetables on a given day. Non-Hispanic Black adults were least likely to consume any vegetable (92.8%). Non-Hispanic Black adults were also least likely to consume dark green (21.3%), red and orange (73.7%), and other vegetables (71.2%), and non-Hispanic Asian adults were most likely to consume dark green (45.9%) and other vegetables (88.4%). Non-Hispanic Black (53.8%) and non-Hispanic Asian (56.0%) adults were more likely to consume starchy vegetables.
Sources: Ansai N, Wambogo EA. Fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in the United States, 2015–2018. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data brief, no 397. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db397.htm; NCHS, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (U.S.) (NHANES) data, NHANES 2017–2018. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
Reported by: Nicholas Ansai, MPH; Edwina Wambogo, PhD; Ana Terry, MS.
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Pubmed ID:34237045
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8312756
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