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Men eat fewer fruits and vegetables than women. In fact, 60 percent of the men thought that one serving of fruits or vegetables a day is sufficient compared to 26 percent of women.
• Across all age and ethnic groups, the average daily intake of fruits and vegetables is 3.6 servings a day.
• Older adults eat more fruits and vegetables than younger adults, but still fall short of the recommended five or more servings a day.
More than 1 million cases of cancer will be diagnosed this year and about 36 percent of that number may be related to diet.
Kay Loughrey, M.P.H., a public health nutritionist with NCI says, “It’s simple to add more fruit and vegetables to your diet.” For example, she suggests drinking a glass of 100-percent fruit juice and topping your cereal with a sliced banana, or diced berries at breakfast, adding a small salad to your noon meal, and eating a baked potato with half a cup of broccoli for the evening meal.
Fruit snacks, such as packages of dried fruit or a banana are easy to slip into a briefcase and carry to work.
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