What was the goal of "Healthy People 2010" regarding Americans' fruit and vegetable consumption? How well was it met?
What will be an ideal response?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2000) Healthy People 2010 began the first decade of the 21st century with the public health initiative of achieving a goal that at least 75% of Americans would eat 2 to 4 servings of fruit and 50% consume 3 to 5 servings of vegetables per day by the end of the decade. How did Americans do? Unfortunately, by the later part of the decade only 16.4% of the population met the fruit consumption goal and 29.4% met the vegetable consumption goal.
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