Open AccessWestern Australian Health Department recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption–how much is enough?
Author(s) -
Miller Margaret R.,
Pollard C. M.,
Coli T.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1997.tb01769.x
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , environmental health , public health , promotion (chess) , health promotion , medicine , geography , business , political science , nursing , sociology , social science , politics , law
In 1989 the Nutrition Program of the Health Department of Western Australia determined a minimum recommended daily intake of fruit and vegetables for use in promotion of increased fruit and vegetable consumption. Considerations in the development of this recommendation included: a review of existing recommendations; the protective effects of fruit and vegetables; specification of fruit and vegetables separately or together; classification of fruit and vegetables; definition of a serve; and practical considerations for the implementation of the recommendation. This paper outlines the development of the recommendation to eat at least two average–sized (120–150 g) pieces of fruit and five average–sized (60–90 g) serves of vegetables daily. (Aust N Z J Public Health 7997; 21: 638–42)