Eating Five Fruits and Vegetables A Day
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend eating a healthful diet consisting of at least five servings of a variety of fruits and vegetables daily because these foods help lower the risk of many chronic conditions and diseases. (1) Conversely, poor nutrition increases both the prevalence and the severity of many conditions (including obesity, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and arthritis) and illnesses (including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers). (2)
What percentage of women eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day?
The Report Card benchmark of increasing to 50 percent the proportion of people age two and older who eat at least two daily servings of fruit and at least three daily servings of vegetables is based on a modification of the Healthy People goal [Healthy People 2010 Objectives 19-5, 19-6] to make it consistent with the way the available data are reported.
Data Source: Eating Five Fruits and Vegetables a Day (%), 2005
EXPLANATION:
This measure includes women age 18 and older in the non-institutionalized civilian population who report that they do eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
SOURCE:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, 2005, available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/index.asp. The national number is the median of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data for race/ethnicity and age are two-year averages from 2003 and 2005 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Note that data for race/ethnicity reported in the Asian/Pacific Islander column reflect only Asian data for 49 states and the District of Columbia and reflect only Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander data for Hawaii. National Center for Health Statistics, Health Data for All Ages: Health Care Access and Use, Health Status and Disability, and Health Conditions and Risk Factors Tables, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm.
| ALABAMA |
21.7% |
F |
48 |
| ALASKA |
29.0% |
F |
20 |
| ARIZONA |
28.2% |
F |
22 |
| ARKANSAS |
25.2% |
F |
40 |
| CALIFORNIA |
34.0% |
F |
5 |
| COLORADO |
30.0% |
F |
14 |
| CONNECTICUT |
32.3% |
F |
8 |
| DELAWARE |
25.1% |
F |
41 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
35.5% |
F |
2 |
| FLORIDA |
31.5% |
F |
11 |
| GEORGIA |
26.7% |
F |
32 |
| HAWAII |
26.9% |
F |
30 |
| IDAHO |
28.7% |
F |
21 |
| ILLINOIS |
27.5% |
F |
29 |
| INDIANA |
25.6% |
F |
37 |
| IOWA |
24.4% |
F |
43 |
| KANSAS |
24.0% |
F |
45 |
| KENTUCKY |
20.0% |
F |
49 |
| LOUISIANA |
21.9% |
F |
47 |
| MAINE |
35.5% |
F |
2 |
| MARYLAND |
32.5% |
F |
7 |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
32.7% |
F |
6 |
| MICHIGAN |
28.1% |
F |
25 |
| MINNESOTA |
29.6% |
F |
17 |
| MISSISSIPPI |
18.7% |
F |
50 |
| MISSOURI |
26.5% |
F |
35 |
| MONTANA |
27.7% |
F |
27 |
| NEBRASKA |
24.5% |
F |
42 |
| NEVADA |
28.1% |
F |
25 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
35.1% |
F |
4 |
| NEW JERSEY |
29.5% |
F |
18 |
| NEW MEXICO |
25.5% |
F |
38 |
| NEW YORK |
31.8% |
F |
9 |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
26.2% |
F |
36 |
| NORTH DAKOTA |
29.8% |
F |
15 |
| OHIO |
26.7% |
F |
32 |
| OKLAHOMA |
18.4% |
F |
51 |
| OREGON |
31.7% |
F |
10 |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
28.2% |
F |
22 |
| RHODE ISLAND |
29.7% |
F |
16 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
24.1% |
F |
44 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
25.5% |
F |
38 |
| TENNESSEE |
27.6% |
F |
28 |
| TEXAS |
26.9% |
F |
30 |
| UTAH |
29.1% |
F |
19 |
| VERMONT |
36.8% |
U |
1 |
| VIRGINIA |
30.4% |
F |
13 |
| WASHINGTON |
30.8% |
F |
12 |
| WEST VIRGINIA |
22.9% |
F |
46 |
| WISCONSIN |
28.2% |
F |
22 |
| WYOMING |
26.6% |
F |
34 |
| |
| S (Satisfactory): |
0 |
|
| S- (Satisfactory Minus): |
0 |
|
| U (Unsatisfactory): |
1 |
|
| F (Fail): |
50 |
|