Men Need More Fruits & Vegetables!
Men need to eat more fruit and vegetables, but they're eating less - and
they're lagging behind women in several other significant ways.
Men aren't eating enough fruits and vegetables.
- Men eat only about 4 1/2 servings of fruits and
vegetables a day on average.
- Only 4 percent of men say they eat the 9 servings of fruits and
vegetables a day recommended as part of an active lifestyle.
Men aren't aware of the benefits.
- Men are significantly less likely than women to recognize the health
benefits of fruits and vegetables, such as their role in reducing the risk
of many cancers, heart disease, high blood pressure, and
diabetes.
Men have high rates of diet-related diseases.
- Men have approximately 1 1/2 times the death rate of
total cardiovascular diseases as women.
- Men have approximately 1 1/2 times the death rate of
total cancers as women.
- Men have approximately 2 times the death rate of lung cancer as women.
- Men have approximately 1 1/2 times the death rate of
colorectal cancer as women. More than
two-thirds of men are overweight or obese.
- Among Americans overall, at least 58 million have some form of
cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure, and 8.2 million
Americans alive today have a history of cancer.
For additional information, please visit the
Nutrition Center.
Source:
National Institutes of Health (www.nih.gov)
Last Editorial Review: 11/16/2004
