{"id":673,"date":"2011-07-23T08:41:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T08:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/?p=673"},"modified":"2011-07-23T08:41:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T08:41:27","slug":"90-percent-of-teen-girls-in-uk-fail-to-get-enough-fruits-and-veggies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitsinfo.com\/fruit-facts\/2011\/07\/90-percent-of-teen-girls-in-uk-fail-to-get-enough-fruits-and-veggies\/","title":{"rendered":"90 percent of teen girls in UK fail to get enough fruits and veggies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In UK; more than 90 percent of teenage girls fail to get sufficient fruits and vegetables every day. They are unable to get enough nutrition\u00a0during their growing years. \u00a0These results were found by the National\u00a0Diet and Nutrition Survey conducted by the Department of Health.<\/p>\n

The survey mainly notifies that over 44 percent of the girls did not get the recommended levels of iron in their\u00a0diet. The boys were slightly better with just 13 percent managing to eat recommended levels of fruits and vegetables amounting to 3.1 portions each and every day.<\/p>\n

More than 2,000 adults and children took part in the poll with the average portions of fruits and vegetables. It rises up to 4.2 per day among adults between 19 to 65 years of age and 4.4 per day among those over 65 years.<\/p>\n

The lack of\u00a0proper\u00a0diet\u00a0among teenagers could affect their long term health. Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies reported, \u201cIt is really important that teenagers eat a\u00a0balanced\u00a0diet\u00a0 including eating five portions of fruit and veggies a day\u201d. Eating healthy and being active can help prevent serious illnesses such as cancer and heart disease later in life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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