The authors examined the feasibility of using plasma carotenoids and ascorbic acid as markers of compliance for dietary intervention trials aimed at increasing the quantity and variety of the fruit and vegetable intake of free-living individuals. Nineteen former cancer patients who had been successfully treated for a stage I or II squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, or lung w...

BACKGROUND Beyond quantity, variety of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake prevents chronic conditions and is widely recommended as critical to healthful eating. FV consumption is socially patterned, especially for women, but little is known about multiple economic determinants of variety or whether they differ from those of quantity. OBJECTIVE To examine socioeconomic status and financial hardsh...

The losses in fruits and vegetables in various postharvest operations remained high in which tomato is one of the major vegetable fruit. Tomato is a sensitive vegetable whose quality is substantially reduces due to physical damage encountered by various mechanical forces in harvesting, handling and other postharvest operation. In this study an attempt was made to determine mechanical properties...

OBJECTIVE Despite the alarming increase in the prevalence of obesity, epidemiologic studies that prospectively examine the fruit and vegetable consumption and other lifestyle factors in relation to weight gain (WG) are still insufficient. We explored the associations between fruit and vegetable intake and WG over a 10-year period in an adult Mediterranean population. METHODS AND PROCEDURES We...

OBJECTIVES To identify correlates of 6th and 7th graders' (age 10-12 years) fruit and vegetable intake, to investigate parent-child correlations of fruit and vegetable intake, and to compare parents' and children's reports of children's accessibility, skills and preferences with respect to fruit and vegetables. DESIGN The results presented are based on the baseline survey of the 'Fruits and V...

Children are not consuming sufficient amounts of fruits and vegetables in their habitual diet. Methods derived from associative learning theories could be effective at promoting vegetable intake in pre-school children. The objective of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of different learning strategies in promoting the intake of a novel vegetable. Children aged between 9 and 38 ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether fruit and vegetable consumption among California adults significantly increased from 1997-2007. DESIGN Biennial telephone surveillance surveys of California adults' dietary practices. PARTICIPANTS California adults (n = 9,105 total all 6 surveys). INTERVENTION Surveillance data reporting. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Changes in fruit and vegetable consumption ove...

INTRODUCTION Eating inadequate amounts of fruits and vegetables is associated with diminished health, and most Americans fall short of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation to eat at least 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings of vegetables each day. This study assessed behaviors associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in adults. METHODS A cross-sectional, rando...

Relative to USDA dietary guidelines there is a 30% deficit in vegetable production and a 100% deficit in fruit production in the US. The western US, especially California, dominates current production of both fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. Constraints in land and water resources in California suggest that some shifts in production could occur in the future if production is matched t...

A daily intake of 5 portions of fruit and vegetables (FV) is recommended for protection against non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Inadequate FV intake is a global problem but resource-poor countries like Tanzania are most deprived and constitute settings where little is known for informing public health interventions. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of inadequate FV intake, frequenc...