5-a day fruit bid falls flat – Express

JUST one in eight people is eating the recommended five portions of fruit and veg each day.

Despite growing awareness of the Government’s recommendations for a healthy diet, the message is still not getting across.

A report, from a study commissioned by the Fresh Produce Consortium in 2006, said most people eat just half the amount of fruit and vegetables they should.

Only 12 per cent eat five a day.

Although this is a slight increase on the previous year’s 11.3 per cent, most people eat just 2.5 portions on average.

In 2005, most people were eating just 2.4 portions.

The consortium warns that at this rate it could take another 25 years before everybody reaches the five-a-day target.

Its report comes as Britain is gripped by a soaring obesity epidemic, with almost a quarter of adults classed as obese.

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