Fruits and vegetables consumption is very important since it’s instrumental in averting the future chronic diseases. However, presently, teens in the US are consuming one serving less of fruits and vegetables than in 1999.
The researchers collected information regarding fruit and vegetable intake among 944 boys and 1,161 girls in 1999 and again in 2004.
Hence, they concluded that there has been a downward trend in their intake of fruits and vegetables by almost one serving per day, from roughly four servings to three servings for girls and roughly two and a half to fewer than two servings for boys.
Though, the reason for this decline is unknown but it’s also true that educating them about food habits is also not enough as has been postulated by one of the researcher.
Thus, it’s only in the hands of teens to come out of this anorexic fad. Otherwise, it would create a problem in maintaining their health in long run.
