Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

The lack of success in meeting national goals for fruit and vegetable consumption indicates a need for additional measures to educate and motivate persons to make healthier dietary choices. Nutritional interventions should go beyond increasing individual awareness and target the family, local community, and overall society to eliminate barriers to healthy eating, provide support for persons who are making healthy changes, increase resources for populations with greater need, and emphasize nutritional policies that have an impact on society. See CDC Fruits and Vegetabls Consumption Too Low, Unhealthy.