Low-Income Households' Expenditures on Fruits and Vegetables

Noel Blisard , Hayden Stewart ; Dean Jolliffe

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Fruits;    Vegetables;    food consumption trends;    food costs;    food expenditures;    food assistance programs;    National School Lunch Program;    child nutrition;    produce;   

RP-ID  :  AIB-792-5

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Both public and private organizations have noted that Americans generally eat less fruits and vegetables than is recommended in the Food Guide Pyramid. For example, the Produce for Better Health Foundation found that only 38 percent of Americans consume the recommended number of servings of vegetables, while only 23 percent consume the recommended number of servings of fruit. Even more troubling, low-income households eat even less fruits and vegetables than higher income households.