Adults Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Rec.— U.S. 2019

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Lee, Seung Hee ; Moore, Latetia V. ; Park, Sohyun ; Harris, Diane M. ; Blanck, Heidi M.
• Description:
  The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans* advise incorporating more fruits and vegetables into U.S. residents' diets as part of healthy dietary patterns. Adults should consume 1.5-2 cup-equivalents of fruits and 2-3 cup-equivalents of vegetables daily.| A healthy diet supports healthy immune function (1) and helps to prevent obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular Diseases, and some cancers (2); having some of these conditions can predispose persons to more severe illness and death from COVID-19 (3). CDC used the most recent 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance system (BRFSS) data to estimate the percentage of states' adult population who met intake Rec.overall and by sociodemographic characteristics for 49 states and the District of Columbia (DC). Overall, 12.3% of adults met fruit recommendations, ranging from 8.4% in West Virginia to 16.1% in Connecticut, and 10.0% met vegetable recommendations, ranging from 5.6% in Kentucky to 16.0% in Vermont. The prevalence of meeting fruit intake Rec.was highest among Hispanic adults (16.4%) and lowest among males (10.1%); meeting vegetable intake Rec.was highest among adults aged ≥51 years (12.5%) and lowest among those living below or close to the poverty level (income to poverty ratio [IPR] <1.25) (6.8%). Additional policies| and programs that will increase access to fruits and vegetables in places where U.S. residents live, learn, work, and play, might increase consumption and improve Health
• Subjects:
  Adult Diet, Healthy Female Fruit Humans Male Middle Aged Nutrition Policy Recommended Dietary Allowances Sociodemographic Factors Vegetables

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 71(1):1-9
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/MMWRmm7101a1
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  34990439
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8735562
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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