Healthy Living 10 Percent of U.S. Adults Meet Vegetable Intake Recommendations 12.3 percent meet fruit intake recommendations, ranging from 8.4 to 16.1 percent in West Virginia and Connecticut By HealthDay News Only 12.3 and 10.0 percent of U.S.
adults met the fruit and vegetable intake recommendations, respectively, in 2019, according to research published in the Jan. 7 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Seung Hee Lee, Ph.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues used the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance system data to estimate the percentage of adults who met fruit and vegetable intake recommendations overall and by sociodemographic characteristics for 49 states and the District of Columbia. The researchers found that 12.3 and 10.0 percent of adults met fruit and vegetable recommendations, respectively, ranging from 8.4 to 16.1 percent in West Virginia and Connecticut and from 5.6 to 16.0 percent in Kentucky and Vermont, respectively. Hispanic adults had the highest prevalence of meeting fruit intake
recommendations (16.4 percent), while men had the lowest prevalence (10.1 percent). Adults aged 51 years and older had the highest prevalence of meeting vegetable intake recommendations (12.5 percent), while those living below or close to the poverty level had the lowest prevalence (6.8 percent).
"States can use the findings to guide their programs, communications and social marketing, and policies to support improving fruit and vegetable access and intake," the authors write. Abstract/Full Text: (https://www.cdc.gov/ mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7101a1.htm?s_ cid=mm7101a1_w)
Senior Nutrition Program 50th Anniversary Since 1972, the national Senior Nutrition Program has supported nutrition services for older adults across the country. Funded by the Older Americans Act (OAA), local senior nutrition programs serve as hubs for older adults to access nutritious meals and other vital services that strengthen social connections and promote health and wellbeing.
Administration for Community Living (ACL) has chosen "Celebrate. Innovate. Educate." as the theme for the Senior Nutrition Program's 50th anniversary. With this theme, PCOA celebrates the many accomplishments of the national and local programs; we acknowledge innovative approaches used to support older adults; and we look at how education can help communities understand and use nutrition services. Please join us in celebrating this milestone by promoting the anniversary, the program, and the impact of nutrition services this March and beyond.
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