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There are numerous health benefits to eating more fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, 77% of NC adults report not getting the minimum of 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
The following documents provide some of the scientific background for why 5 A Day is important to the health of each North Carolina resident as well as links to NC data for fruit and vegetable intake.
Questions and Answers about 5 A Day
This handy, dandy document provides information about the national and NC 5 A Day programs, why 5 A Day is important, and includes data for the nation and NC on fruit and vegetable consumption. This tool is great for use with the media or for prepping for a media interview on 5 A Day.
Data
2003 NC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey System--Nutrition -- Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
The BRFSS is the nation's largest telephone survey which tracks health risks in the US and NC. This document provides summary and trend data given for fruit and vegetable intake of NC adults for 2003.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) 2005 Data
Access this data on the NC Healthy Schools site
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The BRFSS, the world’s largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States. Information from the survey is used to improve the health of the American people. In North Carolina, the State Center for Health Statistics administers this survey. Click on the following link to access the most current BRFSS data for fruit and vegetable consumption.
BRFSS link
