Most Americans Eat Much Less than Recommended Amounts of Fruits and Vegetables

To estimate the proportions of the population meeting recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake, we first estimated the usual intake distributions of total fruits and vegetables and then compared the results to the 5 A Day recommendation and to the recommendations for fruits and vegetables combined, found in the new US Department of Agriculture food guide, MyPyramid.The primary dataset was created from one 24-hour recall from each of 8,070...