Daily Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is out with a new report saying that every state in the country falls short of official recommendations for daily consumption of fruits and vegetables, with only one-third of adults eating enough fruit and 27 percent eating enough vegetables.

The report also says that “the statistics are even worse for high school students - 32 percent of them report eating at least 2 fruit servings daily and 13 percent say they eat at least 3 vegetable servings each day. On average, only 9.5 percent of American adolescents consume at least 2 servings of fruit and at least 3 servings of vegetables each day.”

While they are below targets, the 10 best states when it comes to fruit and vegetable consumption by adults are, in order, District of Columbia, Vermont, Maine, Hawaii, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Arizona and California.

The 10 worst states are Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Alabama, South Dakota, West Virginia, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Arkansas and Missouri.