Healthy Living: Healthy Nutrition
The 5 A Day for Better Health Program is a large-scale
public/private partnership between the fruit and vegetable industry
and the U. S. government. This national nutrition program seeks
to increase the number of daily servings Americans eat of fruits
and vegetables to five or more. Along with this main goal, the program
works to inform Americans that eating fruits and vegetables can
improve their health and may reduce the risk of cancer and other
chronic diseases. The program provides consumers with easy ways
to add more fruits and vegetables into their daily eating patterns.
You will find program goals, objectives and more background information
on the Eat 5 A Day for Better Health Program here.
How many fruits & vegetables do American's consume? You will
find data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
comparing your state's statistics.
Learn more about research studies and reviews that have found that
diets rich in fruits and vegetables are associated with reduced
risks for chronic diseases and many types of cancer.
The 5 A Day campaign provides resource material to help address
the challenges required to promote healthy dietary changes. The
campaign delivers an effective and positive health message and helps
promote increased consumption of fruits and vegetables. The resources
include; a promotional theme, health information, advice information,
and graphics. The featured campaign of 2002 "Savor the Spectrum"
promotes eating a variety of colorful orange, red, green, white,
and blue-fruits and vegetables every day to prevent disease, and
improve and maintain health.
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