Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

Miller, Victoria; Yusuf, Salim; K Chow, Clara; Dehghan, Mahshid; J. Corsi, Daniel; Lock, Karen; M. Popkin, Barry; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Khatib, Rasha; A. Lear, Scott; Mony, Prem; Kaur, Manmeet; Mohan, Viswanathan; Vijayakumar, Krishnapillai; Gupta, Rajeev; Kruger, Annamarie; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Mohammadifard, Noushin; Rahman, Omar; Rosengren, Annika; Avezum, Álvaro; Orlandini, Andrés; Hassim Ismail, Noor; López‐Jaramillo, Patricio; Yusufali, Afzalhussein; Karşıdağ, Kubilay; Iqbal, Romaina; Chifamba, Jephat; Martinez Oakley, Solange; Ariffin, Farnaza; Zatońska, Katarzyna; Poirier, Paul; Li, Wei; Bo, Jian; Chen, Hui; Liu, Xu; Bai, Xiulin; Teo, Koon; Mente, Andrew

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30186-3

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Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

Published in The Lancet Global Health • Aug 25, 2016

Authors:

Victoria Miller

Salim Yusuf

Clara K Chow

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Several international guidelines recommend the consumption of two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables per day, but their intake is thought to be low worldwide. We aimed to determine the extent to which such low intake is related to availability and affordability. METHODS:...

Subject

Consumption (sociology)

Environmental health

Household income

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